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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
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NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | MacOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Yes | MariaDB;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm | Docker;npm;Supabase | Docker;npm | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Vue.js | Laravel;Vue.js | Laravel;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Notion | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
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NA | Poor usability
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NA | Yes | SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Supabase | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;Drupal;Express;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js;WordPress | Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
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NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Pydantic;uv | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, vibe coding is good for generating low effort low risk apps that serve any personal purpose. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have 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. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Replit;v0.dev | 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 | Problem solving, critical thinking | 49,224 | 8 |
44,704 | 44,705 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 14 | AI/ML engineer | 20 to 99 employees | null | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
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44,705 | 44,706 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 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 | Data or business analyst | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | null | Higher Education | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | Cameroon | XAF Central African CFA franc | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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44,706 | 44,707 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 40 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | 40 | Developer, game or graphics | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Energy | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 16 | 16 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Swift | Python;Swift | Python;Swift | Julia
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip | Pip | Pip | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code;Cursor;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Google Gemini;Ultralytics | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Google Gemini;Ultralytics | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Google Gemini;Ultralytics | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS;ChromeOS | null | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | It best describes how I work now. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics;Robotics;Other Industry purpose (write in): | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Knowing what software to build. Knowing how the software should look and feel. So, feature set and GUI will always be needed. | null | null |
44,707 | 44,708 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 25 | 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 | 25 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | Vue.js | null | backbone
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub | Airtable | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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 | creative thinking | 120,000 | 9 |
44,708 | 44,709 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
Diversity of tasks and challenges | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 112,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Vue.js | Django;Vue.js | Django;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;Zed | Claude Code;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Markdown File;Monday.com;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. I maintain a complex system. Vibe coding isn't very effective for that. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | 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 | Claude Code | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | UX, design, project management, the ability to distill project specs from multiple sources and domain expertise. | 112,000 | 10 |
44,709 | 44,710 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | null | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Republic of North Macedonia | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
44,710 | 44,711 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 20 | 10 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 228,000 | Yes | C;COBOL;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | COBOL;HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | COBOL;HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;IBM DB2 | Elasticsearch;IBM DB2 | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Redmine | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting 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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Problem solving | 62,221 | null |
44,711 | 44,712 | 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) | 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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44,712 | 44,713 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | null | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 4 | DevOps engineer or professional | 10,000 or more 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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44,713 | 44,714 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 22 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 27 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | null | null | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;PowerShell;Python;Rust | C;C++;Rust | C;C++;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Google Gemini | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Writing code | 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 | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Invent | null | 7 |
44,714 | 44,715 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 33 | Project manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 6 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | C;Rust | C;Rust | C;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool) | Cargo;Docker | Cargo;Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Axum | Axum | Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | No. It's good when you start something new, like a new hobby project, but at the moment vibe coding is not mature enough for professional use. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | An eye for what "good code" is, which encompases both code efficiency, brevity, clean structure, clarity, simplicity and documentation of the complex sections. | 92,812 | 7 |
44,715 | 44,716 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Coding Bootcamp | 7 | Data engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 18 | 7 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 77,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | PowerShell | PowerShell | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;Netlify | Microsoft Azure;Netlify | Netlify | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;Deno;Fastify;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | 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
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 | 77,000 | null |
44,716 | 44,717 | I am 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) | 37 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 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) | 27 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | RPGLE
RPGLE | Yes | IBM DB2 | IBM DB2 | IBM DB2 | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | ExtJS
ExtJS | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Rational Developer for i
Rational Developer for i | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | 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 | Message Boards | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 8 |
44,717 | 44,718 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 25 | Developer, front-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 340,000 | Yes | Assembly;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No it is not. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | Snyk | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 92,786 | 7 |
44,718 | 44,719 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 13 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 13 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 169,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Terraform
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;npm;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Terraform | mise
mise | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 169,000 | 7 |
44,719 | 44,720 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | null | null | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Swift;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | null | null | 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 | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 0 |
44,720 | 44,721 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB | Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Astro;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | Next.js;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Arch;Fedora | Windows;MacOS | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | 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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Job board | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Absolutely not—vibe coding is not part of my professional development workflow. Sure, it might be trendy to throw vibes at an LLM and hope it spits out production-ready code, but I prefer my software like my coffee: strong, tested, and not brewed on "vibes alone." 😎☕️ | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 3 |
44,721 | 44,722 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 25 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | Yes | C#;Delphi;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Delphi;Python;SQL | C#;Delphi;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | 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 automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | null | 40,605 | 5 |
44,722 | 44,723 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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 | 25 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 57,024 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Kotlin;TypeScript | C#;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Notepad++;Rider | Notepad++;Rider | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Notion;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 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 | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 66,156 | 7 |
44,723 | 44,724 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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 | 33 | System administrator | 10,000 or more 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 44,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pip | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;Vue.js | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;Vue.js | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat | Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | mantis (yes really)
NA | 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 | 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 | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Writing code | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | in my own words: nyet! | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | human interaction and understanding the software specification | 59,902 | null |
44,724 | 44,725 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);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 | 42 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 12 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 135,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Drupal;FastAPI;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | uv | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Fedora;Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not even remotely. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Design and analysis | 135,000 | 7 |
44,725 | 44,726 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 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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44,726 | 44,727 | 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 | 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) | 20 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | 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 | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Search for answers | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 69,609 | null |
44,727 | 44,728 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc);Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 36 | Developer, back-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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 6 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 130,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Solr
Solr | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Spring Boot | Django;FastAPI;Spring Boot | Django;FastAPI;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic | c++23;Pydantic;LangGraph | Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Azure Devops;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI 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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | Redis;Pinecone | OpenAI Responses | LangChain;LangGraph | null | LangSmith | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Professionalism, delivering working solutions, managing reputation | 161,191 | 8 |
44,728 | 44,729 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
44,729 | 44,730 | 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;Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 16 | 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 | 20 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 4 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 85,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Ruby;Rust | Python;Ruby;Rust | Python;Ruby;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Podman;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Podman;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Podman;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | 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;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | null | 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;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | 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. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | null | identifying problems, solving problems, understand people | 98,612 | 9 |
44,730 | 44,731 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 7 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | 300,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per week | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad 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 | 11 | 8 |
44,731 | 44,732 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | null | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Cassandra;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Supabase;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift | Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Supabase;Vercel;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;AngularJS;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | AngularJS;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Redmine | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Redmine | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Redmine | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Predictive analytics | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | 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 | 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 don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
44,732 | 44,733 | 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.) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 165,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;jQuery;Spring Boot;Vue.js | jQuery;Spring Boot;Vue.js | jQuery;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Testing code | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Absolutely not | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | 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 | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Software development, as it pertains to interfacing with the business and translating organizational needs to structured plans will still be needed. The technical barrier from "what is needed" to "what gets produced". Being able to guide non-technical stakeholders to a usable and intuitive software solution will remain valuable. Keeping developer resources focused and efficient, especially with the help of AI will still be needed. And lastly, the ability to be accountable for a codebase, for security, auditing and peace of mind. | 165,000 | 9 |
44,733 | 44,734 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Student | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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44,734 | 44,735 | 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 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 6 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 92,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go | Bash/Shell (all shells) | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | FastAPI | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | uv | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not at all | 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. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 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 | Creativity | 67,122 | 8 |
44,735 | 44,736 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 30 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 13 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 151,165 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;Flask | Django;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | Polars;Pydantic;uv | Pydantic | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Job board | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;pgvector | null | Vertex AI;LangChain | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Communication | 151,165 | 5 |
44,736 | 44,737 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 0 | 0 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Perl;PHP;Python;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Perl;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Make;Pacman;Pip | APT;Make;Pacman;Pip | APT;Make;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Neovim;Vim | Nano;Neovim | Nano;Neovim | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | IRC, non-Company-sponsored forums
IRC, non-Company-sponsored forums | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | 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 | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. Their code is never suitable, nor well integrated with existing code-bases; it inevitably needs to be adapted, and is typically inefficient; it's often riddled with errors which take more effort to spot and fix than to just write the code yourself. As the complexity/size of the desired software grows, the output becomes worse. Any AI-generated code always has to be thoroughly checked, because LLMs aren't able to handle logic well, nor comprehend large code-bases, particularly in low-level code, bespoke code-bases, or anything that requires understanding how code interacts with non-code components (e.g. hardware). They're good for generating coherent natural language; not code. They're good for documentation, where they can be more verbose and are free to make small mistakes, and that's about it. | 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. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | Common sense. Efficiency and optimisation. Holistic understanding of a code-base. System design.
Realistically, it's *all* going to remain useful, because developers will still need to work with code, regardless of whether it was written by AI or by other developers (as it is now). | null | 10 |
44,737 | 44,738 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 22 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 28 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Other (please specify):
Frequent breaking changes | Energy | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 7 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 187,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Java;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Rust;TypeScript | C#;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
victoriametrics | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;npm;NuGet;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Yarn | Docker;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | React | React | actix
NA | Yes | Rider;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Rider;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Rider;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Arch | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 136,432 | 8 |
44,738 | 44,739 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | null | null | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 0 | 0 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | null | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;SQL | SQL | SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Communication | null | null |
44,739 | 44,740 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | DevOps engineer or professional | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Effective solution to problem | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 190,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;JavaScript;Swift;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Homebrew;Kubernetes;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;WordPress | Deno;NestJS;Svelte | NestJS;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;Zed | Cursor;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Other (write in): | 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 | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning | Learning about a codebase | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. Professional software engineers are fully responsible for the code they create. Vibe coding implies engineering based on vibes/feelings, which is not engineering. Generating software from LLM prompts is part of my work, but only if it enhances the process of engineering, wherein we evaluate different solutions and fully understand the output code, why it works, and any downsides we might need to account for.
Blindly committing AI generated code should not be part of a professional software engineer’s daily work, and will eventually cause an incident if you’re not paying attention. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Glean (Enterprise Agents) | 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 need quick help troubleshooting | Two important engineering skills are learning quickly and the ability to deeply debug and understand a problem. Engineers will still need to learn quickly and understand problems at a deep level.
In fact, because AI code is by definition a bit less trustworthy and hard to debug since your colleagues did not write it, the ability to deeply understand and debug complex systems will become even more valuable. | 190,000 | 8 |
44,740 | 44,741 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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) | null | Developer, mobile | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | JavaScript;TypeScript | JavaScript;TypeScript | JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Cybersecurity | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | null | null | null | 9 |
44,741 | 44,742 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 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 (10-19 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;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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 35 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;Java;Python;Swift | C;C++;Dart;Java;Kotlin;MicroPython;Python;Rust;Swift | C;C++;Dart;Java;Python;Swift | Objective C
Objective C | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Firebase;Homebrew;Pip | Firebase;Homebrew;Pip | Cocoapod
Cocoapod | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Netbeans
Netbeans | Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model;SwiftData;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | Slack
Slack | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Experience and will to learn and try in person. | 80,000 | 8 |
44,742 | 44,743 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
44,743 | 44,744 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Attending school (part-time) | 35 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp | 35 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 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 | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | AL
AL | Yes | IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Microsoft Planner | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Microsoft Planner | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Direct messaging of users | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | No, but I plan to soon | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Creatividad | null | null |
44,744 | 44,745 | 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.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 3,456,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | IT operations;Data and analytics | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | software architect, complex tasks | 44,096 | 9 |
44,745 | 44,746 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 9 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 1 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Insurance | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 26,354 | Yes | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | Assembly;C#;Elixir;Erlang;F#;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython | null | DOS
Java | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle | Excel
Abacus | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ultralytics;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ultralytics;visionOS | Mood | Sketch | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | Ubuntu | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace | Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | null | Microsoft Teams
Google Teams | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Bluesky;X;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;Substack;Medium | null | Computer
Avaya | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models);X Grok models | Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | null | Google
Tesla | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | Test | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Robotics;Other Industry purpose (write in): | Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | LanceDB;Neo4j;supabase;Milvus;LangMem | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);IBM watsonx.ai;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Grafana + Prometheus;LangSmith;arize | null | Auto-GPT;Bolt.new;Cody | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Doirec | 306 | null |
44,746 | 44,747 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 85,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Kotlin;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Terraform | Ansible;Docker;Gradle;New Relic | Docker;Gradle | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
ktor | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash 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 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;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, it doesn't work for professionals in my opinion. | 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 solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Critical thinking, context, cost-benefit estimate | 98,612 | 8 |
44,747 | 44,748 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 40 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | null | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 274,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | C#;Go;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb | DuckDB;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | Dynamodb | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock | .NET 8 or higher;Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | GitHub;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | Businessmap
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, but to a limited extent, and always with a final understanding of the results. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | GitHub MCP Server | null | LangChain;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Amazon Codewhisperer | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Complex problem solving. AI will handle the coding. | 274,000 | 7 |
44,748 | 44,749 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 2 | Data engineer | null | null | null | null | School | Good brand and public image
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 3 | Thailand | THB Thai baht | 109,500 | Yes | Python;SQL | Python;SQL | Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | BigQuery;DuckDB;Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Pip | Docker;Google Cloud;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini | Polars;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | Planning, Critical thinking, Problem Solving | 3,350 | null |
44,749 | 44,750 | 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 | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;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 | 10 | 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 endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
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 | 7 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust;TypeScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | Qdrant
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Prometheus;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Vite;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Astro;NestJS;Node.js;React;Svelte | Angular;Astro;Deno;NestJS;Node.js;Svelte;Symfony | Angular;Astro;NestJS;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | null | null | Arch;Fedora | Arch;Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, it may be fun to play around with it in my freetime, but I would not let it represent my skills at a paid job. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | Creativity, Social skills, understanding of the domain and requirements, knowing when to question a feature | 69,609 | 8 |
44,750 | 44,751 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Python | Go;HTML/CSS;Python | Python | NA
NA | null | SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django;FastAPI | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | uv | Google Gemini;uv | uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Tried to but I cant do it properly. Skill issue probably | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Overall knowledge what to use and when | null | null |
44,751 | 44,752 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 12 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 3 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL | HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Docker;Make;npm;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Make | Docker;Make | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Express;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitLab;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | mastodon
mastodon | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Videos;Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | 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.;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.;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 | 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 | intelligence | 81,210 | 5 |
44,752 | 44,753 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Not 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);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 | 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;Games or coding challenges | 24 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | 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 | 4 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 50,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm | APT;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | AngularJS;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js | jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | Toggl
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not yet, maybe near future | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Problem solving and understanding stakeholders needs | 9,102 | 8 |
44,753 | 44,754 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | null | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;WordPress | 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
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | null | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | null | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
44,754 | 44,755 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 38 | 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 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | null | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 1 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 2,200,000 | Yes | Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yep | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | 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 | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | dust, crew.ai, autogen | CrewAI | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | yes, AI does not yet understand enough the business side of SDLC | 115,806 | null |
44,755 | 44,756 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 9 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | null | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 2,512,104 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Rust;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;Podman | Ansible;Bun;Docker;npm;Podman | Docker;npm;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear | GitHub;Linear | GitHub;Linear | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;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 | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | thinking deeply, understanding fundamentals | 60,206 | 8 |
44,756 | 44,757 | 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 | null | 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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44,757 | 44,758 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 10 | Academic researcher | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Switzerland | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Fortran;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Make;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | RAG;uv | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Bookmark posts to look at later
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 | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | 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.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 116,015 | null |
44,758 | 44,759 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 28 | 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) | 33 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 1 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 56,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Python;R;Rust;SQL;Zig | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Message Boards;Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 want to learn best practices | only extremely hard task such as lockfree syncronization | 64,968 | null |
44,759 | 44,760 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;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);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 11 | AI/ML engineer | Less than 20 employees | null | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | F# | null | NA
Haskell | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pip;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Arch;iPadOS | MacOS | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | Miro;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Company-sponsored forums | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Logic games/puzzles;Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I 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 | 5 |
44,760 | 44,761 | I am learning to code | 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);Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 2 | Developer, QA or test | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
for learning | null | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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44,761 | 44,762 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 8 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 22,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Swift | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Swift | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Swift | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access | Microsoft Access | Microsoft Access | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio | Android Studio | Android Studio | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Android | Android | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Microsoft Planner | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | NA
NA | X;LinkedIn | X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | X;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models;Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Amazon Titan models;Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | NA
NA | Yes | null | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Multiple times per day | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | '@ZeshanArshad448 | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;IT operations;Marketing;Cybersecurity | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Personalized agent creation | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | Fireproof;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB | null | Vertex AI;Agno;AutoGen (Microsoft);Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Protect AI | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Auto-GPT;Amazon Codewhisperer | null | When I want to fully understand something | Zeshanarshad448@gmail.com | 77 | null |
44,762 | 44,763 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 115,000 | Yes | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | GDScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | MongoDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;npm;Vite;Yarn | Google Cloud;pnpm;Webpack | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React | Drupal | null | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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. | 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 do not think AI will radically change the real world need for developers. What will happen though is there will be a shift in the industry and larger companies will force adopt this and will have troubles with the major increase to cyber security and the lower level developers copy pasting code from Claude with no real knowledge of what it does. Cost cutting majors will hurt the consumer in the end and cause more problems than they solve. | 115,000 | 9 |
44,763 | 44,764 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 47 | 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 | 48 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 240,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Fortran;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Verilog
Verilog | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Wikis | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | Snyk | null | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 240,000 | 9 |
44,764 | 44,765 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | 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;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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 25 | Developer, back-end | 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 tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Austria | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Java;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MySQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Heroku;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Pip;Poetry;Terraform | APT;Cargo;Docker;Make;Pip;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React;Axum | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Spring Boot;Svelte;Axum | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini | Pydantic;Google Gemini | Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | 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;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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 | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Redis;Neo4j;pgvector | null | null | null | Sentry;Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’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 | 1 |
44,765 | 44,766 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Other (please specify):
job flexibility | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 24,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian | null | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | 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.;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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I 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 | 32,674 | 6 |
44,766 | 44,767 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 5 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 0 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;PHP;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | Node.js;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Android Studio;Nano;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Nano;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Normal text file
Normal text file | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Yappatron
Yappatron | No | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | I don't have a professional development work. (I wish I had one thou) | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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. | 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 | All software engineering skills imagineable. Problem solving, problem identifying, architecting, thought, logic, algorithms, empyrical experiences. Everything. | null | null |
44,767 | 44,768 | 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 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);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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44,768 | 44,769 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 35 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 42,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes | Helm, OVH Cloud
Helm | Yes | Angular;FastAPI;Node.js;React;Axum | Spring Boot;Axum | Axum | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | uv | uv | null | null | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis;YouTrack | GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | Taiga.io
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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;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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Ethical, ecological and human concerns | 48,726 | 7 |
44,769 | 44,770 | 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 | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 14 | Other (please specify): | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Greece | EUR European Euro | 39,600 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Pip | Docker;Google Cloud;Pip | Docker;Google Cloud;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Nano;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Nano;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama;Ultralytics | Google Gemini;Ollama;Ultralytics | Google Gemini;Ollama;Ultralytics | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | 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 | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Testing code | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, "vibe coding" almost never has a place in professional development work, unless an experienced developer is doing it for specific tasks. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Proper coding skills will still be essential for the next 3-5 years. | 45,942 | 9 |
44,770 | 44,771 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | United Arab Emirates | AED United Arab Emirates dirham | 120,000 | Yes | Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Spring Boot | NestJS;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Clickup;GitHub;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);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 | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Debugging or fixing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;ChromaDB | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | developing AI | 32,676 | 7 |
44,771 | 44,772 | I code primarily as a hobby | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 9 | 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 | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | Debugging or fixing code | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | coding | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Customer service support | Vector databases for AI applications | null | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | null | null | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Zep | null | LangChain | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 12 | null |
44,772 | 44,773 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | MATLAB;PowerShell;R | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | null | GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | NO! | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | All programming | null | null |
44,773 | 44,774 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 18 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 32 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 403,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | helm
helm | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Wikis | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Today's LLMs are incapable of this, the user still need to be an expert and take full responsibility of the code and consider security and performance. That is highly likely to change in the future. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Understanding good coding practices, being able to write maintainable and human-readable code, shaping the domain together with business, cooperating with other people. | 109,978 | 8 |
44,774 | 44,775 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | 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 | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 650,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Debian | MacOS;Debian | Confluence;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Prioritization, communication and alignment with other company sectors | 118,324 | 9 |
44,775 | 44,776 | 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 | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, front-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Vite | Vite | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code;Cursor | Claude Code;Cursor | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards | null | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 116,733 | 3 |
44,776 | 44,777 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 43 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify): | 46 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | 1 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | Redis;SQLite | Rqlite
Rqlite | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no, not really. the most vibe coding i use is creating a 50-100 line shell script, so very for only for a very well specified task. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | translate requirements so that they likely let AI provide code which is user friendly UI, backwards compatible, robust, updateable and upgradeable etc. | null | 7 |
44,777 | 44,778 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 4 | Luxembourg | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Splunk;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Webpack | Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js | AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. Its bulls## | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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.;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.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Same as before | 92,812 | 6 |
44,778 | 44,779 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | 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);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 | 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 | 25 | DevOps engineer or professional | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | null | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | 71,000 | Yes | Elixir;Go;Groovy;JavaScript | Go;Groovy;JavaScript;Rust;Zig | Go;Groovy;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn;Medium | 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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving as the AI agents are useless without a good prompt. | 82,370 | null |
44,779 | 44,780 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 18 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C++;Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite | Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Poetry | Docker;Pip;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;React | Django;Flask;React;Vue.js | Django;Flask;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | Ubuntu;Debian | GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Job board | 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 | 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 | Fuck no | null | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Any kind of reasoning, but especially talking to other people and finding out what they need/want. | 81,210 | 3 |
44,780 | 44,781 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify):;Books / Physical media | 30 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Podman | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js | null | null | htmx
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;X;LinkedIn | LinkedIn | LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Testing code | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Redis | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT | 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 | null | null | 10 |
44,781 | 44,782 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 50 | 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 | 55 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 1 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 60,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;SQL;VBA | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not really at this point, but would like to move in that direction. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 43,775 | 6 |
44,782 | 44,783 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 14 | 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);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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 18 | Developer, back-end | 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 | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb | MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
TimescaleDB | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Make;New Relic | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Make | NA
NA | Yes | Symfony | Next.js;Node.js;Ruby on Rails | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | Ubuntu;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, for quickly trying out ideas or throw-away tools | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | GitLab MCP,Atlassian MCP,Raycast AI,Claude | Ollama | null | New Relic;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Setting up high quality automation for fast and accurate feedback loops and stepping back and thinking about the big picture, act more as a product owner (writing specs etc) | 174,022 | 2 |
44,783 | 44,784 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 36 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | Hungary | HUF Hungarian forint | 20,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;npm;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;npm;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | NestJS;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | NestJS;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock;RAG | Amazon Bedrock;RAG | Amazon Bedrock;RAG | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Slack
Slack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | NO FUCKING WAY | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | systems design | 57,833 | 7 |
44,784 | 44,785 | 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.);Attending school (part-time) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 14 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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44,785 | 44,786 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | null | 40 | 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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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 |
44,786 | 44,787 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 38 | Developer, front-end | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | null | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;NestJS;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Bluesky;X | Stack Overflow;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | 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 | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 8 |
44,787 | 44,788 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 50 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 30 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 120,000 | Yes | MATLAB | MATLAB | MATLAB | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access | Microsoft Access | Microsoft Access | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | WordPress | WordPress | WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Nano | Nano | Nano | NA
NA | Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Fabric | null | null | Windows | Windows | Microsoft Planner | Microsoft Planner | Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | LinkedIn | LinkedIn | LinkedIn | NA
NA | null | Microsoft Phi-4 models | Microsoft Phi-4 models | Microsoft Phi-4 models | 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 | Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | LangGraph | null | Honeycomb | null | ChatGPT | null | When I want to compare different solutions | It is so early to give a prophecy. | 32,748 | null |
44,788 | 44,789 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | null | null | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Doxygen;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per week | Message Boards;Videos | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | 10 |
44,789 | 44,790 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Retired | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Data engineer | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 185,000 | Yes | PowerShell;Python;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Python;R;SQL | Python;R;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Oracle;SQLite | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
GitHub Copilot, RStudio | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Microsoft Planner;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not ter. | 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.;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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 ressoning | 33,677 | null |
44,790 | 44,791 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other (please specify): | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | Academic researcher | 500 to 999 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 | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Higher Education | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Yemen | YER Yemeni rial | null | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Zig;Mojo;Gleam | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Yandex Cloud | Yandex Cloud | Yandex Cloud | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | Google Colab | Google Colab | Google Colab | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Other (write in): | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing;Robotics | 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 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. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);IBM watsonx.ai | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;AgentGPT | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | I still searching about that. Really | null | null |
44,791 | 44,792 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 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 | 15 | Developer, back-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | 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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44,792 | 44,793 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 | 40 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 4 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;Svelte;Vue.js | Flask;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Claude Code;PyCharm;WebStorm;Zed | PyCharm;WebStorm | NA
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini | Google Gemini;uv | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no, prefer to use that time in learning by myself | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | High level understanding of system design. Human-related constraints to implementation. | 4,211 | 9 |
44,793 | 44,794 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 9 | 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;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);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | 15 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 20 | 16 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig | C;C#;HTML/CSS;Lua | C#;HTML/CSS;Lua | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;New Relic;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform | Cloudflare;Docker;NuGet;Prometheus | Cloudflare;Docker;NuGet;Prometheus | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Arch;Fedora | Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;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 | No, it's overhyped | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | Software engineering;IT operations | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | 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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;GitHub MCP Server | null | Llama Index;Ollama | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Ability to learn | null | 10 |
44,794 | 44,795 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 20,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MATLAB;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Angular;AngularJS;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Laravel;Next.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Angular;AngularJS;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | CLion RustRover, PyCharm
CLion, RustRover, PyCharm | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Clickup;GitHub;Notion;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;Jira;Notion;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;Notion;Trello | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | 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;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;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;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes, to some extent. I use LLMs as a support tool in my professional development workflow. They help me prototype features, generate test cases, explore design alternatives, or understand legacy code. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 23,203 | 8 |
44,795 | 44,796 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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44,796 | 44,797 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 30 | Database administrator or engineer | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
If AI is present throw it in the garbage | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 17 | Afghanistan | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;Ninja;NuGet;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | They all SUCK
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people) | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | Being able to perform real coding. Not the automated idiocy shit output by these garbage engines. | null | null |
44,797 | 44,798 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 6 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | 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 | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | Kenya | KES Kenyan shilling | 600,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Kotlin;Swift | Assembly;C;C++;Lua | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker | Prometheus;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Xcode;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | SwiftData;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | pressing tab tab tab, fix this, no errors please | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4,644 | 8 |
44,798 | 44,799 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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) | 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) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 1,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people) | null | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yea a bit | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | 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. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Pinecone | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Big complex problem solving | 1,000 | 10 |
44,799 | 44,800 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 24 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 |
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