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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | 250,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C;C#;C++;F#;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular | Angular;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | Angular | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Jira | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Understanding and enjoying coding. | 73,536 | 8 |
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NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | null | Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | HKD Hong Kong dollar | null | Yes | Java;JavaScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | null | null | NA
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Java;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;Pip;pnpm;Splunk;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;New Relic;Pip;pnpm;Splunk;Terraform | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;New Relic;Pip;pnpm;Splunk;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | 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 | null | Ask a question
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NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 10 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean | Digital Ocean | Digital Ocean | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
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42,706 | 42,707 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Lua | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel | Docker;Make | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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42,707 | 42,708 | 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.) | 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;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);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 20 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 20 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Fortran;Lua;Python;Rust | C++;Fortran;Lua;Python;Rust | Fortran;Lua;Python;Rust | Julia
Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | Julia Pkg
Julia Pkg | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Julia discourse
Julia discourse | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, not part of my workflow. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement | 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 | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Ideas, innovations, ethical practices. | 87,011 | null |
42,708 | 42,709 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,709 | 42,710 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 0 | 0 | India | INR Indian rupee | 180,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Snowflake | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Snowflake | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2,092 | 8 |
42,710 | 42,711 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | I prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,711 | 42,712 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL | C;C++;MATLAB;Rust | null | NA
NA | null | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian;Arch | Arch | GitHub;Google Colab;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yeah, I don't professionally code, I do it just as a hobby so yes. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
42,712 | 42,713 | 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 | 26 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 35 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 150,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Kubernetes | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Next.js;React;Svelte | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Ollama | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Job board;Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Other (write in): | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | modelling, requirements, architecture, stakeholder management, code review | 204,212 | 8 |
42,713 | 42,714 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 16 | Other (please specify): | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 55,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python | null | null | Julia
Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Debian | Debian | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Coding | 74,878 | 8 |
42,714 | 42,715 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-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 | NA
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42,715 | 42,716 | 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 (less than 10 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | IT operations | MCP servers | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9 |
42,716 | 42,717 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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;Books / Physical media | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | null | null | Other: | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | God no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
42,717 | 42,718 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Sri Lanka | LKR Sri Lankan rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB | Druid
Druid | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;Vite | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Laravel;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Angular;Astro;Express;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Angular;Laravel;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly 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;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | null | 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 want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 6 |
42,718 | 42,719 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 12 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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42,719 | 42,720 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 5 | Developer, back-end | 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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42,720 | 42,721 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
nothing | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,721 | 42,722 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 612,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;Python;R;Rust;Zig | Assembly;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Rust | Julia
Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Make;Pacman;Pip | Cargo;Pacman | Cargo;Pacman | Conda,Pkg.jl
Pkg.jl | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;uv | uv | uv | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | null | No, and I don't plan to | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Most skills, AI's utility is greatly overstated. | 95,179 | null |
42,722 | 42,723 | 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) | 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);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) | 9 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | 600,000 | Yes | JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;React | Angular;Django;React | Angular;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows | GitLab;Jira | GitLab;Jira | GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 11,983 | 9 |
42,723 | 42,724 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | 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 | 17 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Other (please specify):
AI | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 222,000 | Yes | C#;C++;PowerShell | C# | C# | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Markdown File | 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 | 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 | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | 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;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | It's a harmful proactive that needs to be stopped. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | All current skills apart from copying code from Stack Overflow. | 60,584 | 8 |
42,724 | 42,725 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,725 | 42,726 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 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) | 18 | Architect, software or solutions | 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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42,726 | 42,727 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 16 | Applied scientist | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 10 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 58,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Fortran;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;R;Rust | C;Fortran;Lisp;PowerShell;Rust | C;Fortran;PowerShell;Rust | Julia
Julia | Yes | DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | 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 | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing 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 | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;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, 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. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 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 | Reasoning about code, designing complex systems and pipelines. Understanding why things work and more importantly why things don’t.
Using your brain | 67,289 | 7 |
42,727 | 42,728 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above | 27 | 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);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Data engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Austria | EUR European Euro | 87,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | IBM Netezza
IBM Netezza | Yes | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Podman | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Podman | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Podman | uv
uv | Yes | FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI;Flask | Streamlit
Streamlit | Yes | Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Neovim;VSCodium;Zed | VSCodium;Zed | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Polars;Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Nope, it is not | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | Sourcery, Windsurf (Codeium) | 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 | Custom solutions for complex environments and needs. Not everything is standardizable and it will still need a human brain to get into the right direction. | 100,933 | 8 |
42,728 | 42,729 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,729 | 42,730 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,730 | 42,731 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 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 | Visual Studio Code | 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 | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Less than one year | 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 | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unsure | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
42,731 | 42,732 | 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.) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 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 substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 8 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 237,000 | Yes | Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase | DuckDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock;Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | null | Confluence;GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | 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 | very occasionally for boiler-plate type work. | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 154,072 | 7 |
42,732 | 42,733 | 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 | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 2 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 180,000 | Yes | C#;Python | C#;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C#;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | PyCharm;Rider | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitLab;Miro | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Reddit;YouTube | Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 49,122 | 7 |
42,733 | 42,734 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,734 | 42,735 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 25 | Data or business analyst | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 10 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | 300,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards | 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 | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;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, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | One's man trash is another man's treasure. For my government a good developer is one that shuts up and does minimal work.
For Kim Jong Un a good developer has people skills to scam bitcoin wallets.
For me, being ethical will remain valuable.
None of these skills are replaceable by AI. | 68,924 | null |
42,735 | 42,736 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 5 | 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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42,736 | 42,737 | 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 not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 4 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 weekly | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not anymore | 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 | 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 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 | Understanding complex infrastructure | null | null |
42,737 | 42,738 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 4 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 520,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Supabase;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Supabase;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Supabase;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NestJS;Node.js;React | NestJS;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Lovable.dev | Cursor;Lovable.dev | Cursor;Lovable.dev | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | yes, it saves days of work and the quality is becoming almost as good as mine. Give it 6 months and it is a senior developer. | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | supabase;pgvector | null | CrewAI;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Lovable.dev | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I need quick help troubleshooting;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Feature definition. | 54,507 | 7 |
42,738 | 42,739 | 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 (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 1 | Academic researcher | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Bangladesh | BDT Bangladeshi taka | 100,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning | Writing code | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;IT operations;Customer service support;Marketing;Robotics;Cybersecurity | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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 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. | GitHub MCP Server | null | Zapier | null | Wiz | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 818 | null |
42,739 | 42,740 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,740 | 42,741 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above;Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,741 | 42,742 | I code primarily as a hobby | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 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 | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | 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): | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Robotics | Language processing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
42,742 | 42,743 | 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 | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,743 | 42,744 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 30 | 20 | India | INR Indian rupee | 3,700,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cassandra;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cassandra;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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 | Writing code | null | null | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;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 | 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 | 43,009 | 9 |
42,744 | 42,745 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | null | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 14 | Academic researcher | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
Presence of AI | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 52,000 | Yes | Python | Python;Rust | Python | Julia
Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | uv
uv | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | uv | Polars;Large Language Model;uv | uv | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub;Google Colab;Trello | GitHub | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;Kaggle;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;LinkedIn | Discourse
Discourse | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 60,328 | null |
42,745 | 42,746 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | null | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,746 | 42,747 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 33,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 44,927 | 8 |
42,747 | 42,748 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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 | null | Student | null | null | null | null | null | Good brand and public image
NA | null | null | null | I'm not sure | 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
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
42,748 | 42,749 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | 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);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 | 30 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,749 | 42,750 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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) | 20 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 240,000 | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | null | null | Julia
Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discourse
Discourse | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Long-form articles | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;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 | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | ChromaDB | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 | 240,000 | null |
42,750 | 42,751 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 19 | 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 | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | npm;Pip | npm;Pip | npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js | Angular | Angular | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Redmine | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Redmine | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Redmine | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | 3 |
42,751 | 42,752 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges | null | Data scientist | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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42,752 | 42,753 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Developer, front-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,200,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 13,949 | 7 |
42,753 | 42,754 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Insurance | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Lisp | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | A lot of thing (damn this survey is long !!) | null | 10 |
42,754 | 42,755 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | null | I prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,755 | 42,756 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | null | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 (please specify): | 35 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 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 | null | null | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,756 | 42,757 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 13 | Other (please specify): | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 390,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;C#;C++;Erlang;JavaScript;Perl;Python;Rust | Assembly;C;C#;C++;Elixir;Erlang;Perl;Python;Rust | Assembly;C;C#;C++;Erlang;Perl;Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | slack
slack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | 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 | Chat (people);Message Boards;Direct messaging of users | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | I wish... but AI just sucks right now | No, but I 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | I think we won't need cookie-cutter developers (people working on react apps, desktop, etc), but we will need developers who can actually architect at the bleeding edge of computing, AI simply isn't going to create anything paradigm-shifting because all it does is pattern match... emergence is largely a scam :D | 390,000 | 10 |
42,757 | 42,758 | 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 | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 40 | 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 25,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Fortran;HTML/CSS;Java;MATLAB;Python;R;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;Java;Lua;MATLAB;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;MATLAB;Python;R;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;IBM DB2;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Pip;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Heroku;Make;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vercel;Yandex Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Odoo | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes, but even less | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Language processing;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 29,004 | 3 |
42,758 | 42,759 | 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.) | 29 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 35 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,759 | 42,760 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 16 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,760 | 42,761 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,761 | 42,762 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | Not 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 | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | Developer, back-end | null | null | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,762 | 42,763 | 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 | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,763 | 42,764 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | 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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42,764 | 42,765 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 22 | 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) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 22 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 7 | 7 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | 700,000 | Yes | TypeScript | Dart;Python;TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Webpack | Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Webpack | Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Express;NestJS;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | Windows;MacOS;Android | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | Markdown File;Trello | Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Reviewing design from AI or whomever made the design and making final decision on AI work result. | 97,500 | 8 |
42,765 | 42,766 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 12 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
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42,766 | 42,767 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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);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 | 18 | Engineering manager | null | null | null | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 3 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MySQL;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Terraform;Yarn | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Terraform | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js | Express;Node.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. Wait, I mean fuck no! | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Ability to read documentation, which many already struggle with. | 174,022 | 5 |
42,767 | 42,768 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 8 | Developer, game or graphics | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 3 | Pakistan | USD United States dollar | 24,000 | Yes | C# | Assembly;C++ | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | .NET 8 or higher | Ollama | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows | Asana;Coda;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 24,000 | 6 |
42,768 | 42,769 | 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 | 13 | Developer, back-end | 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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42,769 | 42,770 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | 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 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);Blogs or podcasts | 14 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 3 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 42,000 | Yes | C++;MATLAB;Python | Python | Python | Julia
Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 48,726 | null |
42,770 | 42,771 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Other (please specify):
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42,771 | 42,772 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 8 | Data engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,772 | 42,773 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 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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42,773 | 42,774 | 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.) | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 6 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 183,000 | Yes | C#;F#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;F#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;F#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Podman;Prometheus;Vite;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Job board | 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 | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | 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 | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 | Architecture, Complex Reasoning, System Design, Domain Modelling | 118,967 | 7 |
42,774 | 42,775 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 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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42,775 | 42,776 | 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.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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42,776 | 42,777 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | 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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42,777 | 42,778 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 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);Games or coding challenges | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,778 | 42,779 | 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 (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,779 | 42,780 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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) | 3 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,780 | 42,781 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 23 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 15 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 30 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 235,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;Neo4J;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform | null | null | ArgoCD, Loki, Mimir, Alloy
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NA | Not sure/can't remember | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
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42,781 | 42,782 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,782 | 42,783 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | 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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42,783 | 42,784 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 10 | 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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42,785 | 42,786 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 999 | 999 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,786 | 42,787 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 62,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase;Valkey | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase;Valkey | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase;Valkey | Sybase ASE
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows | Confluence;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | 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 | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very unfavorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | Testing code | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | critical thinking, soft skills, communication, architectural decisions, domain knowledge | 72,509 | 1 |
42,787 | 42,788 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Support engineer or analyst | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;SQL | Kusto Query Language (KQL)
Kusto Query Language (KQL) | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;ChromeOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Microsoft Planner;Wikis | Microsoft Planner | Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Daily or almost daily | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Its not part of my development work. But there has been time when I have done it just to get an initial code framework (especially when I need to write code in language that I'm not proficient), cross check the result (by reading and understanding the result), test (by running it), and work from there to find the actual result I need. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Cybersecurity | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | People skill, which includes Comprehension, Understanding (of problems), and perhaps speaking/explaining skill. AI is powerful, and fast, but it often lack the understanding of the underlying problem. Or perhaps we are the one who lacks the skill to explain it properly (to other people, or to the AI Chatbot). | null | null |
42,788 | 42,789 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;Node.js | Angular;AngularJS;Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;Node.js | Angular;AngularJS;Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;Node.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Notion;Trello | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, I hate Vibe Coders. I only use AI if I’m stuck. Or need a starting point. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Reasoning, Creating Ideas and having an imagination | null | 9 |
42,789 | 42,790 | 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 | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 17 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,790 | 42,791 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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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42,791 | 42,792 | 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 | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 25 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
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 | 2 | 2 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 300,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Splunk;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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. | 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 compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Reasoning | 195,028 | 7 |
42,792 | 42,793 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 7 | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 135,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 98,494 | null |
42,793 | 42,794 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,794 | 42,795 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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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42,795 | 42,796 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 26 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
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 | 12 | 8 | Kazakhstan | KZT Kazakhstani tenge | 31,200,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Webpack | Docker;Make;npm;Pip | Docker;Make;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;React | Fastify;Flask;React | Flask;React | Joomla
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Ubuntu | Asana;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;YouTrack | Asana;GitLab;Markdown File;YouTrack | Asana;GitLab;Markdown File;YouTrack | Figma
Figma | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | Freedium
Freedium | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;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 | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 60,238 | 7 |
42,796 | 42,797 | 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) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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42,797 | 42,798 | 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 learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 4 | Retired | null | null | null | null | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | China | ALL Albanian lek | null | Yes | MATLAB | MATLAB | MATLAB | NA
NA | Yes | Pocketbase | Pocketbase | Pocketbase | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Axum | Axum | Axum | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm | PyCharm | PyCharm | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock | 1 | 2 | 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 |
42,798 | 42,799 | 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.) | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 44 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | 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 | 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 |
42,799 | 42,800 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
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