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NA | Poor usability
NA | Fintech | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 1,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Swift;Zig | Go;Kotlin;Lua;Swift;Zig | Go;Kotlin;Lua;Swift;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Tigerbeetle
Tigerbeetle | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pacman;Prometheus;Terraform | Docker;Homebrew | Docker;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Cursor;Neovim | Cursor;Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Miro | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | 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 | Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions | null | 155,521 | 2 |
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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Market share | Availability of better alternatives
Lack of market share | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
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NA | Yes | null | null | null | Cloudflare D1, Cloudflare KV
Cloudflare D1, Cloudflare KV | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;New Relic;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Bun;Cloudflare;Homebrew;npm;Vite | Bun;Cloudflare;Homebrew;npm;Vite | Deno
Deno | Yes | Deno;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Astro;Deno;Next.js;Node.js | Deno;Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Coda;GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Claude Opus
Claude Opus | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Customer service support;Marketing | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 81,210 | 10 |
42,405 | 42,406 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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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42,406 | 42,407 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 20 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Pocketbase | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Pocketbase | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Pocketbase | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Heroku;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | oracle cloud
oracle cloud | Yes | Astro;Deno;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Astro;Deno;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Astro;Deno;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);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 monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 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 | Ethical evaluation, optimization and creativity. | null | null |
42,407 | 42,408 | 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.);None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,408 | 42,409 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 14 | 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) | 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) | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | null | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,409 | 42,410 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 5 | Student | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
42,410 | 42,411 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 7 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 5 | Taiwan | TWD New Taiwan dollar | 130 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | null | Azure Devops;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Neutral | About 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;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | Other (write in):;I haven’t encountered any problems | i think it's. the 1st time see this term for me is halirous | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | IT operations;Customer service support;Cybersecurity | Language processing | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 | chatgpt and microsoft tools | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | interdisciplinary capabilities. talking with diff depart and soleve probs is imperative still | 4 | 7 |
42,411 | 42,412 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 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 influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Insurance | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | Chile | CLP Chilean peso | 26,400,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 27,992 | 6 |
42,412 | 42,413 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 50 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 52 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | Greece | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Zed | Netbeans
NA | uv | uv | uv | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian | Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per week | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
42,413 | 42,414 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 13 | Student | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
Does not attempt to force the use of AI capabilities in areas where they are not optimal | Poor usability
Presence of AI or AI agents | Other: | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | Assembly;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;Rust | HTML/CSS;Java | Endless Sky Datafile Syntax
Endless Sky Datafile Syntax | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Maven (build tool) | Maven (build tool);npm | Maven (build tool) | Ant
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | Javadoc
Javadoc | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not 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 | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. It is absolutely not, and I hope it never has to be. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | All the fundamental skills required for developers will remain valuable, even if employers fail to recognize their importance. The skills required to obtain passable output from a vibe coding approach for a more complicated task are the same patterns of thought required to write and design algorithms manually. Debugging will still be an important human skill as well, as I expect AI hallucinations will still be very much a problem (especially when much of the training data for AI consists of AI-generated code that has not been properly vetted and debugged). | null | null |
42,414 | 42,415 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 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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42,415 | 42,416 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Other (please specify): | I prefer not to say | null | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 2 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code | null | Documenting code | Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Look in to stynography in the coding | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Decision intelligence | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
42,416 | 42,417 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 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) | 33 | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 40 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
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 | 4 | 2 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 25,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;VBA | HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MySQL | MariaDB;MongoDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm | NA
NA | uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | uv | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | 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 | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, vibe coding is becoming more and more important oin my work. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | 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.;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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions | Creativity, business knowledge | 29,004 | 7 |
42,417 | 42,418 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 28 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Other (please specify):
Security policy | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 35 | 12 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;Snowflake;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase | MariaDB;MySQL;Snowflake;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Webpack | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Webpack | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Deno;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Astro;Deno;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Astro;Deno;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 116,015 | null |
42,418 | 42,419 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 151,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lisp;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | C;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | NA
Clojure | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Datomic;DuckDB;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;NuGet;Pacman;Podman;Supabase | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;NuGet;Pacman;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;Deno;Drupal;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Symfony | ASP.NET Core;Deno;Drupal;FastAPI;Laravel;Node.js;Phoenix;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;Symfony | ASP.NET Core;Deno;Drupal;FastAPI;Node.js;Ruby on Rails;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Emacs
Emacs | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | Arch | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File;Redmine | GitHub;Markdown File | Org Files
Org Files | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | 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;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No, "vibe coding" in any iteration of its meaning is not part of my professional development work. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | System design, core computer science fundamental competency, communication between business guild, awareness of customer needs and abilities. | 151,000 | 7 |
42,419 | 42,420 | 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.);Volunteering (regularly) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 576 | 999 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Vite | Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Drupal;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | Astro;Deno;Django;Express;jQuery;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | Django;Express;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim | Neovim;Vim | Vim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;uv | Shadcn/ui;uv | uv | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Obsidian;Wikis | GitLab;Obsidian;Wikis | GitLab;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Dev.to | Dev.to | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Hahahaha!
No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | people skills and solving the actual problems | null | 8 |
42,420 | 42,421 | 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 | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,421 | 42,422 | 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 | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;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) | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 5 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 48,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;Zig | Assembly;C;Java;Rust;SQL;Swift | Java;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Prometheus;Terraform | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Rancher
Rancher | Yes | jQuery;Next.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot;Vue.js;Axum | Spring Boot | Java Server Faces
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Absolutely not | 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. | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Personal/soft skills, being a team member | 55,687 | 4 |
42,422 | 42,423 | 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 | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 12 | Data scientist | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 9 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 684,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Elixir;F#;Go;Rust;Mojo | null | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;PostgreSQL | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse;Valkey | DuckDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Polars;Pydantic;uv | Polars;Pydantic;RAG;LangGraph;uv | Polars;Pydantic;uv | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | Copilot, gpt4, gpt4.1
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | It's useful for small projects, e.g. a commandline tool that can be described in a concisely and exhaustive manner, shocking a officiel that your llm is mostly familiar with, and that is not considering existing code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | Yes, but increasingly as a domain expert and translation layer between business and code. And | 106,376 | 7 |
42,423 | 42,424 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 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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42,424 | 42,425 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Books / Physical media | 8 | Data scientist | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | 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 | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | MATLAB;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python | Python | Python JavaScript
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Netlify;npm;Pip;Railway;Supabase;Vercel;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Pip;Railway;Supabase;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Netlify;npm;Pip;Railway;Supabase;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;PyCharm;Trae;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;PyCharm;Trae;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;PyCharm;Trae;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | Writing code | null | null | null | null | null | 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 |
42,425 | 42,426 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | Developer, mobile | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | Kenya | KES Kenyan shilling | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | No, normal bowsers
Choose coding as my full time | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
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42,426 | 42,427 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 385,000 | Yes | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Cockroachdb | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Flask;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 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 | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data | 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;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 385,000 | 8 |
42,427 | 42,428 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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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42,428 | 42,429 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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 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);Books / Physical media | 30 | DevOps engineer or professional | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 6 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip | Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip | Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | WordPress | WordPress | WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Arch;iPadOS | MacOS;Arch;iPadOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | 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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;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 | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions | Info dilution detection, being critical of ai info (hallucinations), being able to still do things manually | 92,995 | null |
42,429 | 42,430 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 13 | Developer, QA or test | 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 | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 12 | Belize | BZD Belize dollar | 205,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Dart;Elixir;Erlang;F#;GDScript;Groovy;Kotlin;Lisp;MATLAB;MicroPython;Perl;Scala;Swift;Zig;Gleam | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;Redis;Snowflake;Cockroachdb;Pocketbase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Railway;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Ninja;Prometheus | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | Astro;Django;Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Nano;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Nano;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;Ultralytics | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows | Windows | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Robotics | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;supabase;pgvector | null | Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain;Zapier;Haystack | null | Sentry;Wiz | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Tabnine;Replit;v0.dev;Bolt.new;Blackbox AI | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Networking, having the skill for coming up with good ideas, creativity | 102,121 | 7 |
42,430 | 42,431 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp | 3 | Developer, front-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud;Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Railway;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Firebase;Google Cloud;Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Astro;Deno;Express;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, somewhat | About 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;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Testing code | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Por enquanto não | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 91 | null |
42,431 | 42,432 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 5 | Product manager | null | null | null | null | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 0 | 0 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 370,000 | Yes | COBOL;Fortran;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Go;Groovy;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;Swift;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cosmos DB;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;IBM Cloud;Microsoft Azure | APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | null | NA
NA | Yes | Fastify;Flask;jQuery;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;Axum | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS;ChromeOS | Red Hat | Azure Devops;Clickup;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Microsoft Planner;Miro | Airtable;Asana;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | null | NA
NA | YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Software engineering;Marketing | null | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 | 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 | Vertex AI;AutoGen (Microsoft);Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART);Langfuse;Protect AI;Vectra AI | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;Amazon Codewhisperer | null | 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 | Security, innovations and evolution turning the life better. | 67,354 | null |
42,432 | 42,433 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);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 | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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42,433 | 42,434 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
Active developer community | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
Poor documentation | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | Cargo;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | yay, paru, flatpak, CMake, MSBuild
yay, paru, flatpak, Spack, CMake | Yes | Django;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;Flask;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Polars | c++23 | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora | Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I 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 | Originality, problem-solving, and creativity | null | null |
42,434 | 42,435 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 30 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Rust;Zig;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;pnpm;Webpack | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;pnpm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Svelte | Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama;visionOS | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Language processing | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | The knowledge and (gaining) insight in the Data flow and general flow of code | null | 9 |
42,435 | 42,436 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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 | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Manufacturing | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 208 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 135,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;NuGet;Vite;Webpack | Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;NuGet;Vite | Digital Ocean;Docker;NuGet;Vite | octopus deploy
octopus deploy | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | linqpad
linqpad | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. Never | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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;Other (please specify): | Just like with learning how to "Google" for problems before AI, now that search engines are forcing AI front and center we'll have to learn how to communicate effectively. Spotting fake, trap, scam, and hype regarding AI content will remain huge. | 135,000 | 7 |
42,436 | 42,437 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 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);Books / Physical media | 11 | AI/ML engineer | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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42,437 | 42,438 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,438 | 42,439 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | TZS Tanzanian shilling | 13,400,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Elixir;Go;Rust;Gleam | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Oracle;Redis;Pocketbase | Pocketbase | Pocketbase | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;pnpm;Vercel | Vercel | Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Next.js;Svelte | Next.js;Phoenix;Svelte | Next.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Trae;Visual Studio Code | Aider;Claude Code | Aider;Claude Code | v0
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Fedora | Windows | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Hacker News | Hacker News | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro 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 | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | MCP servers | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have 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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Tabnine;v0.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Debugging | 5,014 | 7 |
42,439 | 42,440 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 47 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 52 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,440 | 42,441 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;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 | Books / Physical media | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Swift;VBA | Rust;Mojo | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;SQLite | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;WordPress | FastAPI | null | Dash
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Cursor | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Red Hat | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions | Designing the overall structure of the app. | null | 10 |
42,441 | 42,442 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 10 | System administrator | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 110,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | Oracle | Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Vite | Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite | Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Django;jQuery;Node.js;React | AngularJS;jQuery;Node.js;React | AngularJS;jQuery;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows | GitHub;Microsoft Planner | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | null | 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 | Videos | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | I have used it in one project more as a test than as an actual use case | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Practical knowledge of the code set to know how it works and efficiently be able to troubleshoot issues | 110,000 | null |
42,442 | 42,443 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Student | 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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42,443 | 42,444 | 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 | 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);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 | 9 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 4 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 350,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Java;Python;Swift;TypeScript;Zig | Go;Java;Python;TypeScript | Rad
Rad | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | DuckDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Dremio,HDFS
Dremio | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | Deno;FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;WebStorm;Windsurf;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;WebStorm;Windsurf | GoLand, DataGrip
GoLand, DataGrip | uv | Large Language Model;uv | uv | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not really, but am experimenting a little. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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;Other (please specify): | Forming good opinions on *how* software should work. UX, acceptable dependencies, expectations, knowing what tools and external services are available, collaboration. | 227,533 | 7 |
42,444 | 42,445 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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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42,445 | 42,446 | 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) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 6 | Developer, mobile | I don’t know | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | null | Yes | Groovy;Java;Kotlin;Swift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Android | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Medium | 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) | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | Committing and reviewing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something | null | null | 7 |
42,446 | 42,447 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;C;GDScript;Lisp;Lua;Rust | Assembly;C;GDScript;Rust | Assembly;C;GDScript;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;VSCodium | Neovim;VSCodium | Neovim;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | NixOS | Windows;NixOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
42,447 | 42,448 | 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 | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 29 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | Angular;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | MacOS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Unfavorable | Somewhat 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;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 97,514 | 6 |
42,448 | 42,449 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 18 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells) | Bash/Shell (all shells) | Bash/Shell (all shells) | Clojure
Clojure | Yes | Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb | Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb | Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | System thinking and system design | 87,011 | null |
42,449 | 42,450 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
42,450 | 42,451 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Belize | BZD Belize dollar | null | null | C++ | Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | null | null | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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 | 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.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
42,451 | 42,452 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 11 | 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);Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Support engineer or analyst | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip | APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip | APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian | Windows;Debian | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | 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;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I 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 | 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 | All of them, I suppose. It'll still be important to prevent problems, and fix unforeseen ones. At the very least, understanding the output is important. | null | null |
42,452 | 42,453 | I code primarily as a hobby | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 30 | 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) | 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;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 5 | Data or business analyst | 10,000 or more 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 4 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 250,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;VBA | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Azure Devops;Jira;Miro;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
I find the voting very bullying at times. | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | No | IBM watsonx.ai | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;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 | Deep thought. | 162,523 | null |
42,453 | 42,454 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 12 | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 22 | Developer, full-stack | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Bangladesh | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | JavaScript;PHP;SQL | JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | 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 | 8 |
42,454 | 42,455 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 7 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | null | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 9 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Rust;Swift;TypeScript;Mojo | Dart;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | Cloud Firestore | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Angular;Astro;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Android Studio;Bolt;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Sublime Text;Trae;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf | Android Studio;Bolt;Cline and/or Roo;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | Android Studio;Bolt;Cline and/or Roo;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | Windows;MacOS;Android | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | yes, but not completely. AI is good for generating isolated projects. but for generating real world complex tightly integrated software, its still not quite there | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Auto-GPT;Roo code (Roo-Cline);Replit;v0.dev;Bolt.new;Amazon Codewhisperer;Lovable.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Complex real world problem solving | null | 6 |
42,455 | 42,456 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 546,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;Swift;TypeScript | Kotlin;TypeScript | twig, jsonquery
NA | Yes | MySQL | Firebase Realtime Database;SQLite | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;Next.js;React | Drupal;Next.js;Node.js;Spring Boot;Symfony | Drupal;Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Xcode | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Medium | Medium | 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 | Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | the common sense, full understand of project | 28,741 | 8 |
42,456 | 42,457 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 185,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MySQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Express;Node.js;React;WordPress | Express;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Lovable.dev;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Bluesky;X;YouTube | Bluesky | Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Ability to write code without AI | 120,267 | 7 |
42,457 | 42,458 | 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.) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 12 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 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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42,458 | 42,459 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 11 | Student | 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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42,459 | 42,460 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
Good documentation | Prohibitive pricing
Poor documentation | Media & Advertising Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 10 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 130,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Valkey | MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Netlify;npm;Pip;Webpack | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Supabase | Composer;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Node.js;Symfony;WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;WordPress | Astro;Node.js;Symfony;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | SwiftData;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;SwiftData;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;visionOS | SwiftData;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Jira;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Notion;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models);X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Debugging | 94,846 | 7 |
42,460 | 42,461 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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;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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 12 | Developer, game or graphics | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | C#;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C#;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C#;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | null | Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js | ASP.NET Core;Node.js | ASP.NET Core;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | 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 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 | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Human touch, AI dont have sense of humor and AI's code is too perfect without eastereggs | null | null |
42,461 | 42,462 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | 30 | 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;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 | 3 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 20 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Pip | Firebase;Pip | Firebase;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | Django;Flask | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | Azure Devops;GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes, "vibe coding" is part of my development work | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | I don't know | 46,406 | null |
42,462 | 42,463 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);None of the above;Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | Ada;C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Erlang;Go;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Visual Basic (.Net);Mojo | Ada;C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;MATLAB;OCaml;Prolog;Python;Ruby;SQL;Swift;Visual Basic (.Net);Mojo | Ada;C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Erlang;Go;Java;JavaScript;Prolog;Python;Ruby;Visual Basic (.Net);Mojo | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;H2;IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse;Pocketbase | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Clickhouse;Pocketbase | BigQuery;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;H2;IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;SQLite;Clickhouse;Pocketbase | NA
Open | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Ninja;NuGet;Pacman;Poetry;Yandex Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Ninja;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Ninja;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Astro;Django;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;WordPress | ASP.NET;Astro;Deno;Django;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;WordPress | ASP.NET;Astro;Django;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;WordPress | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode;Zed | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode;Zed | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode;Zed | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS;Fedora;ChromeOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Microsoft Planner;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Trello;Wikis | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Microsoft Planner;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models);X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | I don't use Stack Overflow | 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;Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Other (write in): | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing;Cybersecurity | Language processing;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | Fireproof;ChromaDB;pgvector;Pinecone | null | Vertex AI;IBM watsonx.ai;Semantic Kernel;OpenRouter;LangGraph;Martian | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Development updates to stay in the know. | null | null |
42,463 | 42,464 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
High quality documentation | Other (please specify):
Poor documentation | null | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 30 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 |
42,464 | 42,465 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 36 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 37 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;SQL | C#;JavaScript;SQL | C#;JavaScript;SQL | Appian
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | 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 | Azure Devops;GitLab | GitHub;Jira | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | null | null | Comment on Q&A posts
reading answers | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. I use C# and I have been using it for over 20 years. AI does not tell me much that I don't know. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | Claude Chat GPT | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | coding complex logic | 160,000 | 6 |
42,465 | 42,466 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Primary/elementary school | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Games or coding challenges | null | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | null | null | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Slovakia | GBP Pound sterling | null | null | Ada | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible | null | null | NA
NA | null | ASP.NET | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Daily or almost daily | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
42,466 | 42,467 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, game or graphics | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
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 | 5 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 48,000 | Yes | C;C++;Elixir;Python | C;C++;Python | C;C++;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud | Google Cloud | Google Cloud | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Rider | Rider | Rider | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos | 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 | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 8,738 | 9 |
42,467 | 42,468 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | 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 | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 105,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Python;TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Next.js;Svelte;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;Jira | null | Target Process
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Discord | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | 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 | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not really. I will ask it to write code snippets for me but not to do entire features. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Ensuring that the code AI has written meets requirements, has accessibility, being able to troubleshoot and debug what the AI has written. | 76,606 | 8 |
42,468 | 42,469 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 3 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
42,469 | 42,470 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, 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);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Data scientist | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | 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
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
42,470 | 42,471 | 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 | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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) | 8 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 31,200 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;npm | null | null | docker
NA | Yes | Angular;React | Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Lovable.dev;Windsurf;Zed | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | null | Windows;Android;iPadOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | 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 | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no, if i don't understand the code, i don't use it | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | it would be fondamental to be able to express what you want clearly and precisely | 36,197 | 5 |
42,471 | 42,472 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,472 | 42,473 | 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.);None of the above | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 12 | Data engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 3,000,000 | Yes | Go;Groovy;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Supabase;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | hostinger;Pydantic;Microsoft Fabric;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | null | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | Testing code | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No it is not a part of my profession | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Data analysis , data quality and anything related to business function analysis | 34,872 | 6 |
42,473 | 42,474 | 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 | 12 | 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 | 35 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Other (please specify):
Developing something beneficial to my homeland | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | Estonia | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | Yes | C++;PowerShell | C++ | C++ | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Daily or almost daily | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Search for answers | 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 | 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Deep understanding of nuances in the specific programming language in use. Ability to precisely describe the problem at hand. | 40,605 | 6 |
42,474 | 42,475 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | null | Student | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 12 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust | Python;Rust | Python;Rust | nix
nix | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Pip;Vite | Cargo | Cargo | nix
nix | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | NixOS | NixOS | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Too fast and loose for my taste. | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | All of them. Tools tend to be most effective when you can still work without them. | null | null |
42,475 | 42,476 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 20 | Project manager | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | null | Government | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 0 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 185,000 | Yes | Erlang;Go;Python | Go;Python | Go;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Kaggle;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very 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;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | null | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Replit | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 185,000 | null |
42,476 | 42,477 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 | 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;Games or coding challenges | 30 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | I don’t know | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Trae | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Robotics | Language processing | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | null | null | null |
42,477 | 42,478 | 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.);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 | 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 | 30 | 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 | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 10 | null | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | 90,000,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | null | 76,775 | 6 |
42,478 | 42,479 | 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.) | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 13 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 340,000 | Yes | Assembly;C++;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C++;JavaScript;Python | C++;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;ChromeOS | Google Colab;Google Workspace | Google Colab;Google Workspace | Google Colab;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes, it's great for generating generic snippets of code that's not super complex and there are likely to be loads of examples from. It can also be really helpful for generating new content, for instance tests, in cases where there are many similar tests. Even when it doesn't get it exactly right, it can usually get about 90% of the way there. There are some instances where what it generates has subtle bugs which are very difficult to debug, though. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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. | 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 | Interpersonal skills, networking, understanding what to do and not just how to do it | 340,000 | 10 |
42,479 | 42,480 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | Engineering manager | null | null | null | null | Work | null | null | null | null | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,480 | 42,481 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | Student | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Python;Rust | Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Vercel;Vite | Ansible;Cargo;Podman | Ansible;Cargo;Podman | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
NA | Yes | Flask;Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim | Neovim | tmux
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, to me it seems reckless and unenjoyable | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | null | null | 6 |
42,481 | 42,482 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 5 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 200 | 9 | United Arab Emirates | USD United States dollar | 1,000,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | 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;Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | GitHub MCP Server | Rase/ AmaZon Lek/ | Agno | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1,000,000 | null |
42,482 | 42,483 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 100,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Swift;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | null | PostgreSQL | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Pip;Webpack | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Poetry;Webpack | Docker;Webpack | NA
uv | Yes | Django;Next.js;React | Django;React | Django;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Arch;iPadOS | Ubuntu | GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File | GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. Vibe coding creates low quality code which is difficult to maintain. Unless we make AI responsible for the repo, vibe coding should not be used for professional development | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I 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 skill especially the ability to make the correct decision between trade-offs | 72,958 | 4 |
42,483 | 42,484 | 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) | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 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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42,484 | 42,485 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 3 | null | null | 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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42,485 | 42,486 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Retired | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 51 | 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 | 48 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Java;Kotlin | Kotlin;Rust | Kotlin | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | 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 | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Debugging, system architecture, use case analysis | null | null |
42,486 | 42,487 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 50 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Dart;Go;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;Ultralytics;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
42,487 | 42,488 | 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 | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | Finland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | PowerShell;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | powershell
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access | Microsoft Access | Microsoft Access | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News | null | null | 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 | Coding challenges | null | No, not really | 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 | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
42,488 | 42,489 | I code primarily as a hobby | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Developer, front-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | lmao 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
42,489 | 42,490 | 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 | Attending school (full-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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Applied scientist | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Fortran;Python | C;C++;Lisp;Python;Rust;Zig | C;C++;Python | haskell
haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | Doxygen;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Doxygen;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | forums
irc, matrix, forums | 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 | Message Boards;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 | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | problem solving, mathematics / physics, logical thinking | null | null |
42,490 | 42,491 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Nigeria | USD United States dollar | null | null | Python | 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 | SwiftData | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Stack Overflow for Teams | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | null | Amazon Titan models;Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, but I plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something | null | null | null |
42,491 | 42,492 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
42,492 | 42,493 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 6 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Other: | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 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 | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | 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 | null |
42,493 | 42,494 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Games or coding challenges;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 | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Lua;Python | HTML/CSS;Lua;Python | HTML/CSS;Lua;Python | Gdscript
Gdscript | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text | Sublime Text | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu | Wikis | Wikis | Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing 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;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | I believe problem solving will still be an invaluable tool. | null | null |
42,494 | 42,495 | 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 new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes | null | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 monthly or infrequently | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
42,495 | 42,496 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 15 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 24,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;React;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Redmine | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | 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;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | 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 | Not at all or minimally | null | 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.;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’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): | debugging, technical planning, implementing complex features | 27,844 | 8 |
42,496 | 42,497 | 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.) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 30 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | 100 to 499 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 11 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 195,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Python;TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Webpack | Firebase;Heroku;Vercel | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React | Next.js;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cursor | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iPadOS | MacOS;iPadOS | Confluence;Google Workspace;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | 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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | null | context and guidance | 195,000 | 8 |
42,497 | 42,498 | 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.) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 18 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,498 | 42,499 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 36 | 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 | Applied scientist | 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 | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Singapore | SGD Singapore dollar | 500,000 | Yes | C++;Fortran;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | 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 | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices | null | 390,561 | null |
42,499 | 42,500 | 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.) | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | Developer, mobile | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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