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43,700 | 43,701 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 22 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 25 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
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NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | null | Python | Python | Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Android | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;Google Colab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | null | Yes | C++;JavaScript;Rust | Rust;Zig | Rust | NA
Visual Basic (.Net) | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | scylladb, couchbase
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Make;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Vite | null | null | alibabacloud, linode, rollup
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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blindly and not check/test some case is big concern for production, for now
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
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NA | Yes | Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Oracle;PostgreSQL | Oracle;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Red Hat | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Wikis | NA
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
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NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code | null | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | NO | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Customer service support;Cybersecurity | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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. | 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 | Redis | null | Vertex AI;Ollama;phidata;Smolagents | null | Snyk;Wiz;Protect AI;Vectra AI | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;Perplexity | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | debugging and understanding the business logic | 6,545 | 6 |
43,705 | 43,706 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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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43,706 | 43,707 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 13 | 9 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 118,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;Rust;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Pocketbase | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Deno;React | Deno;React | solid.js, react-router v7
solid.js, react-router v7 | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;Zed | Neovim;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Android | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;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 | No vibe coding. Today, I'm unable to get output of sufficient quality to let the LLMs generate most of the code. I only use them to help on specific issues. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Zed | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Hard to say, but if the paradigm isn't completely changed, I'd say choice of tools (best patterns/framework/language for the job), general architecture (where the data should live, how to separate the concerns, etc) and tweaks to design and user experience will still need strong expertise. Maybe this expertise will only be needed to guide the AI in the right direction, but it's still needed. | 146,312 | 7 |
43,707 | 43,708 | 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 | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | 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
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43,708 | 43,709 | 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.) | 21 | 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 | 27 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Armenia | AMD Armenian dram | null | Yes | C# | Python;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | Blazor;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 7 |
43,709 | 43,710 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 30 | 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) | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 40 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Poetry;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Notion | null | null | basecamp
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 81,210 | 7 |
43,710 | 43,711 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
43,711 | 43,712 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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43,712 | 43,713 | 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 | Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | Healthcare | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Heroku;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Splunk | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Laravel;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Redmine;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Other (write in): | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Somewhat trust | 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;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
43,713 | 43,714 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 40 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 962,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;SQL | Go;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Supabase;Cockroachdb | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Fastify;Flask;NestJS;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Express;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Express;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ultralytics | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);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 | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | 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;Project planning;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Partially, but not really. Making up sketches and doing simple/routine tasks - yes. But I always review and test all code. Complex task - nope, isn't even worth trying. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Be able to understand business needs, find an optimal solution for the job. Be able to analyze complex codebases, navigate them and build proper architecture. Complex tasks, optimisation etc. | 23,056 | 7 |
43,714 | 43,715 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 13 | Developer, front-end | 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 | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Insurance | Recognition from peers for your work
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43,715 | 43,716 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 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 | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 18 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 43,200 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Julia
Julia | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | Meilisearch
Meilisearch | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Railway | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Railway | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Railway | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Meteor.js
Meteor.js | Yes | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | 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 daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Yes but only if you would also be able to write and understand the code yourself. You can Vibe Code to achieve a result fast, but not for inexperienced people who cant code themself and rely on the LLM. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 50,118 | 7 |
43,716 | 43,717 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 2 | Austria | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C++;Go;Kotlin;MicroPython;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Go;MicroPython;Python;TypeScript | C++;Go;MicroPython;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;Pip;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Express;Next.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Express;Next.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | It's only partly, because i am more efficient by generate function by function and not all in once. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Marketing | Language processing | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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. | 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 need quick help troubleshooting | understand code fast, understand the logic behind coding | null | 7 |
43,717 | 43,718 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Higher Education | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 85,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vercel | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vercel | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | Windows;Android;iOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Notion | Azure Devops;GitHub;Notion | Azure Devops;GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, its not robust, reliable, or maintainable and cannot flex with change | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Customer service support | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | 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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Analytical thinking, ability to break down requirements into smaller, functional steps. Fix and change implementations | 115,720 | 7 |
43,718 | 43,719 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 1,107,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Netlify;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Pip;Vite | Docker;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Node.js;React | Django;React | Django;React | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;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 daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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. | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 27,949 | 5 |
43,719 | 43,720 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 32,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Java;Kotlin;Lua;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;Go;Java;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Java;Kotlin;Lua;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | Doxygen;GitHub;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. I only paste crash logs when they are not clear or search for documentation. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Knowing to code properly and not mindlessly copy and paste stuff. | 37,125 | 8 |
43,720 | 43,721 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 22 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | 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
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43,721 | 43,722 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 2 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,722 | 43,723 | I am a developer by profession | Prefer not to say | 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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43,723 | 43,724 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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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43,724 | 43,725 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | 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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43,725 | 43,726 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 4 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 384,000 | Yes | Ada;C#;C++;Python;SQL | C++;Python;SQL | C++;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Pip | Docker;Make;Pip | Docker;Make;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Flask | Flask | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | c++23 | null | null | null | Windows;Debian;Fedora | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, not really. I only use AI for tips and some help. I prefer to write out the code myself so that I better understand things. AI is just a tool for learning. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Ability to read code and write code. | 21,649 | 5 |
43,726 | 43,727 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 15 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;MicroPython;Mojo;Gleam | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Pip | New Relic | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Neovim;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | RAG | null | null | null | Arch | null | GitLab | Confluence | null | focalboard
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;Perplexity Sonar models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Logic games/puzzles | 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 | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I like to keep myself as the pilot and command in chief. AI is a tool like everything else, and therefore should respond to me. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain;LangGraph | null | arize | null | Claude Code;Perplexity | codecompanion | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Architecture and pattern design | 81,210 | 9 |
43,727 | 43,728 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 400,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4,650 | null |
43,728 | 43,729 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 40 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,729 | 43,730 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | 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) | 6 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 52,560 | Yes | C;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Prometheus;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | Deno;Next.js;React;Svelte | Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Hell nah | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Socialising | 60,977 | null |
43,730 | 43,731 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Student | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,731 | 43,732 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 24 | 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;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 30 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 25,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Elixir;Erlang;Go;Kotlin;Lisp;Ruby;Rust;Zig;Mojo;Gleam | null | NA
Odin | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Redis;Supabase;Pocketbase | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React;WordPress | Deno;Phoenix | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Aider;Claude Code | null | Helix
OpenCode, OpenAI Codex, Atlassian Rovo Dev, [SilasMarvin/] LSP-AI, [Leona/] Helix-GPT | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iPadOS | MacOS;Android;iPadOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Trello | Wikis | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unsure | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | At this point, no. I use AI mostly for the autocomplete, which already often gives me a lot of code but I'll often change or reject it and I'll rarely ask AI to produce big chunks of code or changes in the chat. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Orchestration, reviewing, strategizing and software architecture definition | 29,004 | 8 |
43,732 | 43,733 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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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43,733 | 43,734 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 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;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;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 8 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 8 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C;C++;Elixir;Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Ninja;Pip;Poetry;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models);X Grok models | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes, A big part of it is. Though, I don't trust code written by LLMs blindly. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Redis;Qdrant;ChromaDB;pgvector | null | Vertex AI;AutoGen (Microsoft);Llama Index;Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | null | Sentry;Grafana + Prometheus;LangSmith;Langfuse;Vectra AI | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 8 |
43,734 | 43,735 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,735 | 43,736 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | India | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | DuckDB;Cockroachdb;Pocketbase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Supabase;Vercel;Yarn | Bun;Cargo;Datadog;Digital Ocean;pnpm | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Clickup;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | Linear | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes, It has become the norm these days. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics;Marketing | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Complex Problem Solving , Handling or Working with AI. Understanding the dynamics of the time and knowing what you are doing and what you have to do to achieve the solution of the problem. And Soft Skills or Communication Skills. Collaborating with people or working or handling a team. | null | 8 |
43,736 | 43,737 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 24 | Database administrator or engineer | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;New Relic | Microsoft Azure | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | RedGate
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Deployment and monitoring | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;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 | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Streamlining code and troubleshooting specific issues | null | null |
43,737 | 43,738 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Developer, front-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 75,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 102,106 | 7 |
43,738 | 43,739 | 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 | 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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43,739 | 43,740 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Developer, back-end | 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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43,740 | 43,741 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | AI/ML engineer | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,741 | 43,742 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 3 | DevOps engineer or professional | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 5 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | 450,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Hacker News;YouTube;Medium | Hacker News;YouTube;Medium | Hacker News;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);X Grok 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 | null | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring | null | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;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 | Vibe coding is just an aid. I will carefully review every line of code generated by the LLM. It only helps with code generation, and I don't fully trust the LLM. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 quick help troubleshooting | Understanding of the business. | 62,678 | 6 |
43,742 | 43,743 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,743 | 43,744 | 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 | 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 | 10 | Developer, front-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
Learning | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS | MacOS;Android;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Search for answers | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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. | 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 compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 6 |
43,744 | 43,745 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 10 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | null | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 3,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Shopify Liquid
Shopify Liquid | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Vercel | Vercel | Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Next.js | Next.js | Shopify
Shopify | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | I don't use Stack Overflow | 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 really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Not really, only a fraction of what I do is AI generated because whenever the problem gets slightly complex the AI just doesn't help anymore. | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | 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 | Problem-solving skills in a way that goes beyond just coding, like, coming up with an idea that completely goes around the initial coding issue and solves the problem for the business, even if the original coding problem will never be solved in this case. | 20,727 | 8 |
43,745 | 43,746 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 4 | Taiwan | TWD New Taiwan dollar | 1,300,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian | Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Obsidian | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Documenting code | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Part of | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Marketing;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | 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 | Requirements identification | 44,052 | 8 |
43,746 | 43,747 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Data or business analyst | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 10 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Pip | null | null | palantir
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Jira;Microsoft Planner | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | 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 | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Data and analytics | null | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | 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 | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 116,015 | null |
43,747 | 43,748 | 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 | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | DevOps engineer or professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | 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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43,748 | 43,749 | 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 | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 19 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | C# | C# | C# | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Svelte | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | NA
NA | null | 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 | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | No, it is not. Programming is more than that, and I think vibe code projects are 90%+ garbage output and were a waste of time and resources. Vibe coders are as useful to software development as Suno-music creators are to the music industry. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;Other (please specify): | Maintainability, intuition for future-proofed code base design, certifiable and performant code. AI tends to output code in a "it's good when it works" fashion, disregarding how well the code is structured to be re-usable. A human can code "Doom" to run on a pregnancy test kit. AI code tends to require megabytes of RAM to do it, because it isn't graded for code conciseness. | 81,210 | 7 |
43,749 | 43,750 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 5 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | F#;Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;NixOS | Windows;Android | Azure Devops;GitHub;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Reddit;Twitch;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Reddit;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | The only vibe I get when I try to vibe code is a vibe of trying to squeeze water out of a rock, when something more complex than parsing the documentation or already existing solutions is needed. So no, I`m not vibing with a tool that fails to even read the doc half of the time. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | Redis;Qdrant | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;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 quick help troubleshooting | Problem-solving, patience, steadiness, memory, interest, enthusiasm, clarity, reliability. | null | 8 |
43,750 | 43,751 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Data engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 1,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;Amazon Redshift | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Clickhouse;Amazon Redshift | Dynamodb;Amazon Redshift | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Pip | conda
conda | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Github copilot
NA | Large Language Model | Microsoft Fabric | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Red Hat | Azure Devops;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira;Trello | Azure Devops;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Other (write in):
Get the answer to a question already asked | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Don't be ridiculous. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | Architecture, implementing best practices, optimization, prompt engineering. | 84,568 | 8 |
43,751 | 43,752 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 9 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 34,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Arch | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I tried vibe coding, but the small mistakes or poor choices every LLM makes keep compounding until nothing works, and the codebase becomes a mess | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Lateral thinking and higher-order planning | 46,288 | 6 |
43,752 | 43,753 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 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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43,753 | 43,754 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 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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43,754 | 43,755 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | null | 1 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | PHP;SQL | C;C#;C++;Dart;Go;Kotlin;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL | PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift | MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Not sure/can't remember | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works;I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | MCP servers | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Devin AI;Tabnine;Replit;v0.dev;Perplexity;Blackbox AI;Cody | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Core Business Logic And Implementation of Code Parts | null | 5 |
43,755 | 43,756 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | Developer, back-end | null | null | In-person | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,756 | 43,757 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 9 | Developer, front-end | 500 to 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 | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 63,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Microsoft Fabric | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No it isn't | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 85,769 | 9 |
43,757 | 43,758 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 5 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 72,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js | null | null | AWS Chalice
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes, it is a part of my work. But I use it mostly on cases/tech stacks I do not consider myself good at. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | 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 | Understanding the customer requirements and user experience will still be valuable for developers. | 1,818 | 7 |
43,758 | 43,759 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,759 | 43,760 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | 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) | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | null | null | null | Romania | RON Romanian leu | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Documenting code | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 |
43,760 | 43,761 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | null | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 13 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 49,200 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js | Express;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Android | null | null | null | Nextcloud, Dokuwiki, Gitea
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not at all | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | 1. the spirit of wanting to solve problems - even with AI assistance you will fail as a developer if you are lacking this
2. debugging our own code: because that is how we learn and how we avoid repeating mistakes
3. maintaining architectural quality in large/complex projects - maybe with ai assistance but as this is a team-effort it will be important for developers | 57,079 | 4 |
43,761 | 43,762 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 18 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 5 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 6,300,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Python;Rust | Python | NO
NO | Yes | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;Redis | null | NO
NO | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite | null | null | NO
NO | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Django;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | NO
NO | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Claude Code;Cursor;RustRover;Zed | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Kaggle | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes it is. for most of the boilerplate or repetitive work. It works as a booster to get get started and lets me focus on most important design strategies and approaches. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Redis;LanceDB;supabase;LangMem | null | Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity;Lovable.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Software Design & Architecture. Prompt Engineering | 73,231 | 8 |
43,762 | 43,763 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 23 | Engineering manager | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,763 | 43,764 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 26 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | 35 | Developer, back-end | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,764 | 43,765 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 43 | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 1 | DevOps engineer or professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 85,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well 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 | 115,720 | null |
43,765 | 43,766 | 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 | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,766 | 43,767 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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43,767 | 43,768 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 3 | 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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43,768 | 43,769 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Support engineer or analyst | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | Russian Federation | USD United States dollar | 7,200 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Ruby;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;WordPress | WordPress | WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
Netbeans | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Trello | Trello | Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | 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 | 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.;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 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 | Working with people, because often they don't know what they want, and if there are long-term consequences to their choices. Diligence and development process planning, because it is too risky to entrust AI projects of high responsibility such as medical or scientific software. | 7,200 | null |
43,769 | 43,770 | 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 | 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;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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 23 | 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 | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Other (please specify):
gen ai | Other: | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | prometheus
prometheus | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Heroku;Make;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack | Cargo;Prometheus | Cargo;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Django;React;WordPress | Django;React | Django;React | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim;VSCodium | Nano | Nano | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | Mastodon, Fediverse
Mastodon, Fediverse | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | null | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | 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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | writing code
generally knowing what we are doing
general survival skills in the context of climate change and nuclear war | null | 3 |
43,770 | 43,771 | 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 | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Blogs or podcasts | 19 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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43,771 | 43,772 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 21 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,772 | 43,773 | 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.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 12 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | United Arab Emirates | AED United Arab Emirates dirham | 240,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Rust | null | NA
Solidity | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | InfluxDB;Neo4J;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;NuGet;Pip | Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;React;Spring Boot | Astro;Express;Next.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;RustRover;WebStorm | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | Google Colab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;X;LinkedIn;Medium | Hacker News;Kaggle;Substack | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Not sure | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;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 | May be just 20%. | 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. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving, debugging skills | 65,351 | 6 |
43,773 | 43,774 | 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 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 7 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 7 | 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 85,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip | Ansible;APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Ansible;APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip | Bicep
Bicep | Yes | Flask | Flask;React | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Android | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Sometimes | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Communicating ideas to stakeholders | 115,720 | null |
43,774 | 43,775 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 40 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 15 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;Snowflake | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Podman;Prometheus | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Node.js;Vue.js | React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or 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;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | 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 | GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;pgvector;Pinecone | null | Vertex AI;Llama Index;Ollama;LangChain;Amazon Bedrock Agents;LangGraph | null | Sentry;Grafana + Prometheus;LangSmith | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Bolt.new | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Software engineering is a must | 69,609 | 8 |
43,775 | 43,776 | 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.) | Not 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);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Poetry | Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;npm | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have 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. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | ChromaDB | null | Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | null | LangSmith | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
43,776 | 43,777 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Republic of North Macedonia | MKD Macedonian denar | 1,590,000 | Yes | C#;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | C#;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;jQuery;Spring Boot | Angular;ASP.NET;React | Angular;ASP.NET | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Coding challenges;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | 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 improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 | Critical thinking, problem solving, domain knowledge | 29,940 | 7 |
43,777 | 43,778 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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;Games or coding challenges | 8 | Architect, software or solutions | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 10 | Bangladesh | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | go, rust
NA | Yes | MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Odoo;SwiftData | hostinger;Odoo;SwiftData | Odoo;SwiftData | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Clickup;GitLab;Google Colab | Clickup;GitLab;Google Colab | Clickup;GitLab;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Medium | 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 | 9 |
43,778 | 43,779 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | 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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43,779 | 43,780 | 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 | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,780 | 43,781 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 3 | Developer, mobile | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 144,000 | Yes | Java;Kotlin;SQL;Swift | Kotlin;SQL;Swift | Kotlin;SQL;Swift | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;Oracle;SQLite | MongoDB;SQLite | MongoDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew | Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | Windows;Android;iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | System Architecture | 39,298 | 6 |
43,781 | 43,782 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 25 | Developer, game or graphics | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | Serbia | RSD Serbian dinar | 17,696,000 | Yes | C#;Java;Lua;Zig | Assembly;C#;Zig | C#;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;NuGet | Ansible;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;NuGet | Ansible;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;NuGet | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider | Notepad++;Rider | Notepad++;Rider | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Software architecture skill
Deep understanding of systems | 175,186 | 9 |
43,782 | 43,783 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | No | Work | null | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Higher Education | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Sri Lanka | LKR Sri Lankan rupee | 100,000 | Yes | null | null | null | no
no | null | null | null | null | no
Cosmos DB,Microsoft Access | Yes | null | null | null | no
poetry | null | WordPress | Astro | null | word press
astro | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | no | hostinger | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Direct messaging of users | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 333 | null |
43,783 | 43,784 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 1 | AI/ML engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,784 | 43,785 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 34 | null | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 45 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | null | 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 | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 2 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 600,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio | Cline and/or Roo | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | null | null | null | notion
beka | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Exchange;Dev.to | null | vedhaa
chityrapto8 | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Amazon Titan models;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI Reasoning models | booox
2039 | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per month or weekly | Message Boards | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | null | null | no its not part of my development work but I dont preffer to ans | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | IT operations | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 | Fireproof | dotnet | Agno;LangChain;Haystack | bekon | Honeycomb | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | not describable | 6,974 | null |
43,785 | 43,786 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Erlang;Go;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Assembly;Go;Rust | Assembly;Go;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Gradle;Make;Ninja;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Terraform | APT;Cargo;Make;Podman | APT;Cargo;Make;Podman | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora;NixOS | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | 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;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Debugging, as AI-generated bugs are often very subtle. | null | 7 |
43,786 | 43,787 | 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 learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 3 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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43,787 | 43,788 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | 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);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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 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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43,788 | 43,789 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | 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;Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Yarn | Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Supabase;Vercel;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | AngularJS;Next.js;React | Next.js;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;visionOS | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;visionOS | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;visionOS | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | only for boilerplate code. nothing complex. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | same as today. we'll just get paid less for our work. | null | 9 |
43,789 | 43,790 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 19 | Developer, full-stack | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 10 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 216,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;JavaScript;Lisp;TypeScript | C;JavaScript;Lisp;Rust;TypeScript | C;JavaScript;Lisp;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm | Docker;npm;pnpm | Docker;npm;pnpm | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | GitHub;Wikis | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Other (write in): | null | No, not at all | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Other (write in): | fuck no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Cybersecurity | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | All of the skills, but there will be emphasis on more complex and high level work instead of refactoring and churn for simple tasks | 58,946 | 8 |
43,790 | 43,791 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 7 | Developer, front-end | I don’t know | 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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43,791 | 43,792 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | null | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | 5 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;Pydantic | Large Language Model;Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Miro;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Logic games/puzzles;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | null | Project planning;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | 6 |
43,792 | 43,793 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
43,793 | 43,794 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 27 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 2 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 62,580 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Heroku;npm;Webpack | Docker;Heroku;npm;Webpack | Docker;Heroku;npm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React | jQuery;Node.js;React | jQuery;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;X;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. I use AI tools to mainly create stubs which I then complete. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Fixing errors in AI generated code. Making code more readable and simpler. | 72,602 | 7 |
43,794 | 43,795 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 35 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 120,000 | null | C;Java;Lua;Python;Zig | C;Java;Lua;Python;Zig | C;Java;Lua;Python;Zig | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding how the code works | 163,370 | null |
43,795 | 43,796 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
43,796 | 43,797 | 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 | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 17 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 70,020 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;Python;SQL | Kotlin;SQL | Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Terraform | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Terraform | GitHub Actions
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | 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 | Long-form articles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Critical thinking, common sense, ability to work with information, abstraction | 81,233 | 3 |
43,797 | 43,798 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 13 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | 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 |
43,798 | 43,799 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
43,799 | 43,800 | 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 | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | 6 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 2 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 230,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;Swift;TypeScript | Python;Rust | Python | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;IBM Cloud;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Vite | Docker;Pip | Docker;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Airtable;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Redis;ChromaDB;Milvus | null | IBM watsonx.ai;Ollama;LangChain | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | security, devops, innovation | 62,767 | 7 |
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