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45,700 | 45,701 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 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 | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 4 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
Bigtable | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Supabase;Terraform | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Terraform | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Express;React;Ruby on Rails | Express;React;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;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 really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | being able to tell the ai is wrong because of an assumed business context or business problem that either wasn't taken into account or wasn't provided as background | 91,013 | 10 |
45,701 | 45,702 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 10 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
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NA | Yes | BigQuery;MySQL | MySQL;Supabase;Pocketbase | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;npm;Vite | Composer;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Laravel;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Notion | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Notion;Obsidian | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | 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 | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | Working with new technologies and tools
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NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Snowflake | Microsoft SQL Server;Snowflake | Microsoft SQL Server;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | APT;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;jQuery | ASP.NET Core;jQuery | ASP.NET Core;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;Google Workspace;Markdown File | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
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NA | Yes | H2;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;AngularJS;Django | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | null | null | Netbeans
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian | null | Azure Devops;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 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 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
45,704 | 45,705 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 23 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 323,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL | Elixir;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | Elixir;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;Clickhouse | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Dynamodb;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Podman;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot;Vue.js | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | SST OpenCode
SST OpenCode | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Ollama | null | null | Windows;iOS;Arch;NixOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 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 | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, we still care about the code, we still review the code. The author being AI doesn’t exempt the committer from code quality standards. We still expect committers to be able to explain the code and answer for any mistakes it contains. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Customer focus, understanding internals, reading the docs. If you couldn’t get it from StackOverflow today, I don’t expect an LLM to do it tomorrow. | 323,000 | 10 |
45,705 | 45,706 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);Coding Bootcamp;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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 3 | 2 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Oracle | MySQL;Oracle | MySQL;Oracle | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Direct messaging of users | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Decision intelligence;Marketing | MCP servers | null | 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 | null | null | null | Fireproof;LangMem | null | CrewAI;Martian | null | opik;helicone | null | Amazon Codewhisperer;Cody | null | null | null | null | null |
45,706 | 45,707 | 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 | None of the above | 27 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Engineering manager | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 10 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 2,300,000 | null | C;C#;Java;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Java;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Java;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | null | Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Android | Windows;Android | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Logic and mathemathics | 121,070 | null |
45,707 | 45,708 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
45,708 | 45,709 | 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 | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 7 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | BASIC
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Make | Make | Make | dnf, dnf 5
dnf 5 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Android;Fedora | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Fedora;ChromeOS | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | 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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Nope! | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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.;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 | null | null | null |
45,709 | 45,710 | I am a developer by profession | Prefer not to say | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 40 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Computer Systems Design and Services | 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 |
45,710 | 45,711 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);None of the above;Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media | 25 | Data or business analyst | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 13 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;GDScript;Java;Python;Ruby;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Swift | NA
octave | Yes | Neo4J;SQLite | DuckDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Neo4J;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip | APT;Google Cloud | APT;Google Cloud | conda
conda | Yes | null | null | null | NA
wails | Yes | VSCodium;Windsurf;Xcode | Rider;VSCodium;Xcode | VSCodium;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | Discord
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | gemma3, phi-3.5, Cohere: Aya
gemma3, phi-3.5, Cohere: Aya | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Logic games/puzzles;Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Only in very early prototype-stage applications | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Other Industry purpose (write in): | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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 | 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 | Neo4j;Weaviate | ag2 | AutoGen (Microsoft);Ollama;LangChain;Haystack;Smolagents | ag2 (independent) | Grafana + Prometheus;arize | null | Google Gemini | windsurf, Claude (API) | null | application ideas, app structure for functionality, choosing user-interface design | null | null |
45,711 | 45,712 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 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) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 6 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
qdrant | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++ | Notepad++ | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;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 | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | I user it partially. It is my first steps. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers | 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 | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | Ollama | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | 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;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | AI solutions developing, business management, personal interactions, technical engineering | null | 8 |
45,712 | 45,713 | 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 | 27 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 30 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 33,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;MicroPython;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | gerrit, jenkins
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | problem description, deep understanding of business logic and domain logic | 38,285 | 2 |
45,713 | 45,714 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 67 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
Not a professional software developer anymore | null | null | null | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Python;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | VBA, Python, HTML
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | MySQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | null | Search for answers | Other (write in): | LLM is not currently used by me for coding, LLMs simply regurgitates us back to us, so errors are implicit. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | Software engineering | Language processing | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved 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.;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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Requirements definition & specification and high level design architecture and implementation | null | null |
45,714 | 45,715 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 29 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 40 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm | Render, esbuild,
Render, esbuild, Flightcontrol | Yes | React;Ruby on Rails | React;Ruby on Rails | React;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code | Claude Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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 | 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 | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | 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 | design, testing, writing maintainable code | null | 8 |
45,715 | 45,716 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 41 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | null | null | null | 20 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;COBOL;Dart;Fortran;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Pip;Podman;Railway;Vite;Yarn | Ansible;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Railway;Vite | Ansible;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Pip;Podman;Railway;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Deno;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;React | Astro;Deno;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Astro;Deno;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | NO | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions | perpective, intuition | 6,317 | 9 |
45,716 | 45,717 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 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);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;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 42 | Data or business analyst | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 10 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 67,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Delphi;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;SQL;Swift;VBA;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | DuckDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;MSBuild;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Pip;Podman | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;MSBuild;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;Ultralytics | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Hugging Face
Hugging Face | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | 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 | IT operations;Data and analytics | 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.;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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Process- / Workflow-"Fantasy" | 78,310 | 7 |
45,717 | 45,718 | 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 | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Government | null | No | 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 | 7 |
45,718 | 45,719 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | 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) | 7 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL | Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL | Fuseki
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vite | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vite | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | ASP.NET;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | ASP.NET;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);ChromeOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);ChromeOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 150,000 | 8 |
45,719 | 45,720 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | null | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Turkey | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Go;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Heroku;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Heroku;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian | Ubuntu | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 75,410 | null |
45,720 | 45,721 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 180,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Somewhat | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | null | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;pgvector | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;v0.dev;Perplexity;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | null | null | null | 180,000 | null |
45,721 | 45,722 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,723 | 45,724 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,724 | 45,725 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
Easy to maintain | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 142,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Search for answers | 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. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Intuition. Common sense. Efficiency vs practicality. | 103,601 | null |
45,725 | 45,726 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 30 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Svelte;Axum | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Debian | MacOS;Debian | GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. I mostly write code myself. But asking the AI to rewrite my code in a more idiomatic way, or fixing my typescript types, or suggesting other tests to complement existing ones work extremely well. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | Communication skills. While AI is getting better and better, being able to discuss where we want to take a product, and to convince others that an idea should be pursued is proving more and more valuable to me over time. | null | 10 |
45,726 | 45,727 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Banking/Financial Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;Java;OCaml;Rust;Zig | Java | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;H2;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | Elasticsearch;H2;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;Spring Boot;Axum | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows | GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Markdown File | GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | Problem solving, maintenance and business knowledge | 46,406 | 7 |
45,727 | 45,728 | 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);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,728 | 45,729 | 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 | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 10 | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;Go;PowerShell;Python;R;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pip;Terraform | Docker;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Streamlit
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
45,729 | 45,730 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Coding Bootcamp | null | null | null | Applied scientist | 20 to 99 employees | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Turkey | TND Tunisian dinar | null | Yes | Ada;C#;JavaScript | null | null | NA
NA | null | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,730 | 45,731 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);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 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) | 10 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 5 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 500,000,000 | Yes | PHP;PowerShell;SQL;VBA | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;VBA | PHP;PowerShell;SQL;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Microsoft Access;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;jQuery | Astro;jQuery | Astro;jQuery | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | hostinger | hostinger;Shadcn/ui | hostinger | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | Berikut versi profesional dalam bahasa Inggris:
> "AI assisted me in answering conceptual questions using the 4W1H approach and also supported me in applying best practices."
| No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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. | 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 | excel vba, spreadsheet excel, sql | 30,641 | null |
45,731 | 45,732 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 28 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Dart;Go;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;SQLite | Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Google Cloud | Supabase;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | SwiftData;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | 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 | Software engineering;IT operations;Customer service support;Marketing | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
45,732 | 45,733 | 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.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 24 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 197,000 | Yes | Go;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | Go;Ruby;Rust;SQL | Go;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis | Databricks
Databricks | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;New Relic;Terraform | Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes | Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. But maybe soon. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 197,000 | 6 |
45,733 | 45,734 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 7 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 4 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 100,000 | Yes | C#;C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;Scala;TypeScript | Assembly;C++;GDScript;Kotlin;Ruby;Rust;Zig | C++;GDScript;Kotlin;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;NuGet;Webpack | APT;Bun;Cargo;Gradle;Homebrew | APT;Cargo;Gradle;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;jQuery;Spring Boot | jQuery;Svelte | jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian | MacOS;Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | 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 am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | End-to-end planning. As a developer, I have an understanding of the intent and execution behind a very large codebase. While an LLM's context window may grow, it will never have the same understanding of the impact of its changes, adherence to an overarching goal, or the original intent of the code at hand. | 65,009 | 4 |
45,734 | 45,735 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 22 | 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 | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
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45,735 | 45,736 | 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.);Volunteering (regularly) | 21 | 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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45,736 | 45,737 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 7 | Developer, game or graphics | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | Republic of Korea | KRW South Korean won | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;Redis | MongoDB;Redis | Meilisearch
Meilisearch | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;WebStorm | Rider;WebStorm | Rider;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Notion | Notion | Notion | NA
NA | Discord;X;YouTube | Discord;YouTube | Discord;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
45,737 | 45,738 | 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.);Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 15 | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 4 | Peru | PEN Peruvian sol | 300,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Datomic;Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Datomic;Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Datomic;Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pip | Digital Ocean | Digital Ocean | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;jQuery;Vue.js | Astro;Django;FastAPI;Svelte;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Windsurf | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Windsurf | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Windsurf | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Pop!_OS | MacOS;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok 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;Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | 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, I don't believe in a near future of profesional development doing software with just promts, you need to really understand what is your code doing and why | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;MCP servers;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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | pgvector;Pinecone | null | Ollama;LangGraph | null | Sentry;Galileo;LangSmith | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Amazon Codewhisperer | 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 | 83,585 | 10 |
45,738 | 45,739 | I am a developer by profession | Prefer not to say | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);None of the above;Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify):;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,739 | 45,740 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (full-time) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 17 | AI/ML engineer | null | null | null | null | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 12 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL;Supabase | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Suck my balls this takes too long!
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Suck my balls this takes too long! | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Job board | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
45,740 | 45,741 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 9 | Other (please specify): | 500 to 999 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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45,741 | 45,742 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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);Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,742 | 45,743 | 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.) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 20 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | 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 | 12 | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 197,000 | Yes | Java;TypeScript | Java;TypeScript | Java;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb | Dynamodb | Dynamodb | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Terraform | Bazel, Nix
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;VSCodium | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Hacker News;LinkedIn;Medium | Hacker News;LinkedIn;Medium | Hacker News;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;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 weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;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;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 | No, not yet. The quality of vibe coded software isn't fit for production in my experience/opinion. It may become part of my normal routine soon if improvements are made. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Architecture, debugging, evaluating different solutions | 128,068 | 6 |
45,743 | 45,744 | 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.) | 20 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 32 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 17 | 6 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
45,744 | 45,745 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | 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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45,745 | 45,746 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Nigeria | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | null | null | null | no
yes | null | Microsoft Access | Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;Clickhouse;Pocketbase;Valkey | null | no
yes | Yes | Google Cloud | Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | null | Yes
yes | null | null | null | null | no
yes | Yes | null | null | null | yes
yes | null | null | null | yes | yes | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Ubuntu;Debian;Arch;iPadOS;Fedora;Pop!_OS;NixOS | GitHub;GitLab | Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Monday.com | null | yes
yes | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Dev.to;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | null | yes
yes | null | Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Cohere: Command A;Mistral AI models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models) | null | yes
yes | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I don't lnow | No, but I 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.;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.;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 want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understating a codebase | null | null |
45,746 | 45,747 | 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 | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 11 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,747 | 45,748 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | 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 learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 700,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;JavaScript;Perl;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;Erlang | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Maven (build tool) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | 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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding business requirements for my particular company. Writing readable and maintainable code. | 73,375 | null |
45,748 | 45,749 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 17 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 6 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | 90 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | architect | 13 | null |
45,749 | 45,750 | 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) | 34 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 36 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,750 | 45,751 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 28 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | Ethical 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 | 3 | 2 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 10,900 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MySQL | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MySQL | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | jQuery;Node.js | jQuery;Node.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Coda;GitHub;Notion;Trello | Coda;GitHub;Notion | Coda;GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | 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 | Translating people needs into software. Humanization | 7,952 | 10 |
45,751 | 45,752 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 6 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 300,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Hashnode | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos | Bookmark posts to look at later
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 | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | null | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No , it isn't | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Each skill is valuable , but looking 3-5 years down the line , i think React and node would still be valuable even as AI tools become more capable | 3,487 | 3 |
45,752 | 45,753 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 35,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Ubuntu | GitHub;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes very much | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Project architecture, front end design decisions | 35,000 | 8 |
45,753 | 45,754 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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;Books / Physical media | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 3 | Philippines | USD United States dollar | 50,000 | Yes | C#;C++;Java;Kotlin;TypeScript | C;C#;C++;F#;Go | C#;C++ | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;NuGet;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;NestJS;React | NestJS;React | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Code Lion
Code Lion | c++23;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Google Gemini | c++23;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes for mundane tasks. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical Thinking, Business Development, Software Architecture | 50,000 | 10 |
45,754 | 45,755 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 43 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 45 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | 1 | 1 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Groovy;Java;MATLAB;MicroPython;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | 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 | Ubuntu;Debian | Windows | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | null | null | 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 | 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 monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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.;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 | null | null | null |
45,755 | 45,756 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Coding Bootcamp | 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) | 13 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Energy | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 3 | 3 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 328,680 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Python;Rust | Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Firebase Firestore
Firebase Firestore | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry | Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud | Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud | uv
uv | Yes | FastAPI;Vue.js | FastAPI;Vue.js | FastAPI;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);ChromeOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);ChromeOS | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | Clickup;GitHub;Obsidian | Clickup;GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Creating or maintaining documentation | Other (write in): | null | Other (write in): | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Taking the lead and responsibility for the outcomes of the AI tools. | 89,697 | 6 |
45,756 | 45,757 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 2 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | null | null | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Next.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Next.js;React | jQuery;Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Less than one year | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | null | null | Software engineering;Business process automation;Marketing;Robotics | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
45,757 | 45,758 | 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) | 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) | 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) | 20 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew | RubyGems
RubyGems | Yes | Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | GitLab Duo
GitLab Duo | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | GitLab Duo
GitLab Duo | Not sure/can't remember | 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 at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;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 | null | null | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes, based on that definition. But only a part. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking. Deep knowledge of languages & frameworks, to validate LLM answers. Security | null | 8 |
45,758 | 45,759 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Government | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 125,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;Pip;Podman | Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;Pip;Podman | Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;Pip;Podman | conan
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
to reminisce, old habit from before AI | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | No, AI is a tool not a replacement for good software development | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | copilot, vscode, claude | null | vscode, claude, sonnet, copilot | null | copilot | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 | software development, problem solving, new experimentation, expertise, hardware integration, peripherals, edge cases, integration, testing. Good engineering practices. Project Management | 125,000 | 2 |
45,759 | 45,760 | 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 | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 10 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 295,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;MATLAB;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C++;OCaml;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C++;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | SparkSQL
SparkSQL | Yes | Cargo;Google Cloud;Ninja;Pip;Poetry;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Poetry | Cargo;Google Cloud;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;Next.js | Django;Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf | Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf | Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | Polars;uv | uv | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitLab | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | 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 | Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | 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.;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Design and architecture skills will be valuable | 295,000 | 8 |
45,760 | 45,761 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
Extensible by integrations | Security or privacy concerns
Closed source and or no integrations | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 225,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
Vector Databases | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Payload CMS
Payload CMS | Yes | PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Purpose built models on Huggingface
Purpose built models on Huggingface | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | 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;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Generally no, I will use AI to help scaffold new features or evaluate technical design and architecture but most development is purpose driven without just feeling the vibes. I do use it for scaffolding new React components. | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Secure coding practices, automated deployments for regulated systems, infrastructure as code, system architecture, automated testing, evaluating new open source technologies, automated testing, work planning. | 225,000 | null |
45,761 | 45,762 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 25 | Developer, back-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 324,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;PHP;SQL | PHP | PHP | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;Vercel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;React;Symfony;WordPress | Laravel;Symfony | Laravel;Symfony | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to | 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 | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Other (write in): | Oh hell no! | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | IT operations | Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 58,980 | 10 |
45,762 | 45,763 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 10 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 2 | Other (please specify): | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 6 | Philippines | PHP Philippine peso | 300,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;JavaScript;Kotlin;MATLAB;PHP;Python;R;Rust;Scala | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | Django;Flask | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Android Studio;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Ubuntu;ChromeOS | ChromeOS | GitHub | GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | GitHub | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes, it's how i flesh out ideas and play around with new concepts. i go down to serious coding once i vibe coded enough to understand what i'm supposed to do. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;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;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | creativity, originality, empathy | 5,268 | null |
45,763 | 45,764 | I code primarily as a hobby | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 24 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 7 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;Node.js;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Kaggle;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No yet. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Creativity, innovation, Ethics. | null | null |
45,764 | 45,765 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 3 | Other (please specify): | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,765 | 45,766 | 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) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 9 | 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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45,766 | 45,767 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 35 | Applied scientist | null | null | null | 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 | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | 10 | Chile | USD United States dollar | 75,000 | Yes | C;C++;Fortran;PowerShell;Python | null | null | PARI, Mathematica, Maple
PARI, Wolfram Mathematica | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;IBM Cloud | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | X Grok models | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per week | 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 | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | Personalized agent creation | 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 | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);IBM watsonx.ai;Llama Index;Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | QUALITY CODING | 75,000 | null |
45,767 | 45,768 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 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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45,768 | 45,769 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 7 | 2 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 635,227 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | StarRocks
StarRocks | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning 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 | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | 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, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving, system design, software architecture, data structures and algorithms | 115,635 | 10 |
45,769 | 45,770 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 23 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 1 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C++;Python | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 7 |
45,770 | 45,771 | 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.) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | 10 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 100 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 155,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Customer service support | 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. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Ability to ACTUALLY understand the requirements of software and systems; able to use freewill to decide the correct way to implement solutions. | 100,765 | 6 |
45,771 | 45,772 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 5 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 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 | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Ada;Assembly;C;C++;Elixir;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Erlang;F#;Fortran;Go;Groovy;Java;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;Prolog;R;Rust;Scala;Swift;VBA;Zig;Mojo;Gleam | null | NA
NA | null | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;H2;MySQL;Oracle;Snowflake | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Firebase Realtime Database;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;MySQL;Oracle;Snowflake | NA
NA | null | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Terraform;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Terraform;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;Blazor;Drupal;FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;Phoenix;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | Angular;ASP.NET;Blazor;Drupal;FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;Phoenix;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Bolt;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | Aider;Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | Android Studio;Bolt;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | NA
NA | Odoo;SwiftData;Google Gemini;LangGraph | .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 | Odoo;SwiftData;Google Gemini;LangGraph | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Arch;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;NixOS | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Microsoft Planner;Monday.com;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis | 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 | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Microsoft Planner;Monday.com;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | null | Cohere: Command A;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models);X Grok models | Cohere: Command A;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
45,772 | 45,773 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 40 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 220,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Kotlin;Swift;TypeScript | Go;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Kotlin;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | 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 | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 220,000 | 7 |
45,773 | 45,774 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,774 | 45,775 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 24 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Work | null | null | null | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 100 | 100 | Bulgaria | EUR European Euro | 5,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;Pip;Poetry;Railway;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis;YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works;I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing;Robotics;Cybersecurity | 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 | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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. | Redis;Qdrant;ChromaDB | null | Vertex AI | null | Sentry;Galileo;New Relic;opik;Snyk;Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART);Langfuse;Wiz;Protect AI;Vectra AI;arize;helicone | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;Devin AI;Glean (Enterprise Agents);Roo code (Roo-Cline);Tabnine;Replit;v0.dev;Perplexity;Bolt.new;Blackbox AI;Amazon Codewhisperer;Lovable.dev;Cody | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 5,801 | 6 |
45,775 | 45,776 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 17 | 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 | 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) | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 250,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Podman | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;Ubuntu | GitLab;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Not sure | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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. | 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 | Redis | null | IBM watsonx.ai | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Software engineer | 45,509 | 10 |
45,776 | 45,777 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,777 | 45,778 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,778 | 45,779 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | null | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | null | null | No | School | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Healthcare | You like your manager
NA | 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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45,779 | 45,780 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | 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 | 8 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | Other (please specify):
AI integration or AI Agent capabilities | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 1 | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;Python | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | Codeberg
Codeberg | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No, it's plain garbage. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | Logical thinking, being human. Can you stop asking me about AI. Will this even be read by a human? | null | null |
45,780 | 45,781 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 3 | Student | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 4,600,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | null | Docker;Firebase;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Docker;Firebase;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Docker;Firebase;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Express;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Debugging, critical thinking, fast understanding | 53,470 | 7 |
45,781 | 45,782 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;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 | 12 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 14 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 350,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;PowerShell;Python;Rust | Assembly;C;Go;Python;Rust;Zig | Assembly;C;Go;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django;Axum | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | Emacs
Emacs | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Debian | Windows;MacOS;Debian | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | Emacs Org Mode
Emacs Org Mode | null | null | null | 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 | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Basic and complex troubleshooting. Low level debugging. Reading documentation. Understanding code. Planning. Communicating. | 350,000 | null |
45,782 | 45,783 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 25 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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45,783 | 45,784 | 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 | 19 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 26 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | Neo4J;Snowflake | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Webpack | Terraform;Vite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | Svelte;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Writing code | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;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 | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | Snyk | null | Tabnine | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Soft skills like communication, collaboration, and effective speaking | null | 6 |
45,784 | 45,785 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 22 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | null | Yes | Dart;JavaScript | Dart;JavaScript;Python | Dart;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore | Cloud Firestore | Cloud Firestore | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;npm | Google Cloud;npm | Google Cloud;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | Node.js | Node.js | Flutter
Flutter | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing 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;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no, solo organizo el proyecto en tareas pequeñas las cuales resuelvo desde mis propios planteamientos y me apoyo en la IA para la generación de ese codigo | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing;MCP servers | 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. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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.;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 | Neo4j | null | Vertex AI | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | creatividad, flexibilidad, macrodesarrollo | null | null |
45,785 | 45,786 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);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 | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Student | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 8 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | C#;C++;F#;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | C#;C++;HTML/CSS | C#;C++;HTML/CSS | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Rider;WebStorm | Neovim;Rider;WebStorm | Neovim;Rider;WebStorm | CLion
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Android | GitHub;YouTrack | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | 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 | Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | AI Assistant in JetBrains IDEs | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Complex problem solving & codebase understanding | null | null |
45,786 | 45,787 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Student | null | null | null | null | 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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45,787 | 45,788 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 10 | 10 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 200,000 | Yes | Elixir;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Deno;Express;Next.js;Node.js;Phoenix;React | Angular;Svelte | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Not allowed due to company policy. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;MCP servers | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 130,019 | 5 |
45,788 | 45,789 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
45,789 | 45,790 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Student | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | null | 2 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Gradle | Docker;Gradle | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;React;Svelte | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;WebStorm | DataGrip
DataGrip | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian;Fedora | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No and I find it silly | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
45,790 | 45,791 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Government | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 0 | Philippines | PHP Philippine peso | 228,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | JavaScript | JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Redis;SQLite | Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Docker;npm;Pip | APT;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Heroku;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Prometheus | APT;Composer;Docker;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama | Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
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;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | Vibe coding is now BECOMING part of the professional development not just for me in my observation, but before AI tools became popular, I rely on Internet searches and ofcourse Stack Overflow for answers. Now, I am more on 65% AI tools and 35% Internet Search. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | "The understanding of the fundamentals and basics of programming, the software development life cycle and the software analysis and design" - for me, this is very valuable skill to have. | 4,003 | null |
45,791 | 45,792 | 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 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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) | 10 | DevOps engineer or professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 10 | Peru | PEN Peruvian sol | 50,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;C;C#;C++;Go;Kotlin;Ruby;Rust;Swift | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;Oracle;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;Node.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Windows;Android;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | 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 | Videos;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 13,931 | null |
45,792 | 45,793 | 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) | 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 | 15 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Rust | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker | Cargo | Cargo | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Debian | MacOS;Debian | Confluence | Confluence | Confluence | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | 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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos | 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 | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Neither good or 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | being human, software is art. | 190,598 | 8 |
45,793 | 45,794 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 9 | AI/ML engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,600,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Go;Rust;Scala | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Redis;Snowflake;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Pip | Ansible;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;New Relic;npm;Prometheus;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;WordPress | FastAPI;React | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Discord;Dev.to;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Discord;Dev.to;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I think it will become part of every developer soon. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Creative and critical thinking | 18,598 | 8 |
45,794 | 45,795 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | null | 33 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 44 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 |
45,795 | 45,796 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 37 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 43 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 1 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 260,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Couchdb
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Svelte;Vue.js | Laravel;Svelte;Vue.js | Laravel;Svelte;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Vi
Vi | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | 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 | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes sadly | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving, communication, working in teams | 169,024 | null |
45,796 | 45,797 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Other: | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 78,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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. | 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.;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 | 78,000 | 6 |
45,797 | 45,798 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 13 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Other (please specify):
security | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 149,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Confluence;GitHub;Miro;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | using an ai code chat to help while coding is part of my day-to-day but 'vibe coding' as a whole is not part of what i do | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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. | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | understanding broader contexts of large systems, not just single codebases. Keeping on top of new developments in the industry. | 96,864 | 9 |
45,798 | 45,799 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 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 | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 170,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Splunk;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | devbox
NA | Yes | jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | WordPress | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | null | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion;YouTrack | null | null | NA
zenhub | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Infra and architecture problems. Understanding customer problems | 110,516 | 8 |
45,799 | 45,800 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges;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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