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46,100 | 46,101 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Books / Physical media | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Manufacturing | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 300,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 3,487 | null |
46,101 | 46,102 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Retired | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 10 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | Ireland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C++;Dart;JavaScript;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | RAG | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian | MacOS | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | null | null | null |
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NA | Security or privacy 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 | 5 | 5 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 1,280,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | H2;PostgreSQL | H2;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool) | APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool) | sbt,akka
sbt,akka | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Zed | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;iPadOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;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 | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Definitely not, to me it is just a buzzword | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Understanding a business domain and what is actually important, communicating with other people, reasoning about complex problems, solving tasks that was not solved a thousand times before | 134,172 | 8 |
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NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 6 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | 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 | 4 |
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NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;npm;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;X;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 68,924 | 7 |
46,105 | 46,106 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Assembly;C#;C++;Go;Kotlin;MicroPython;PHP;R;Ruby;Rust;Swift | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Firebase | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | AngularJS;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;PyCharm | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;RAG;uv | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | Google Colab | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | null | NA
NA | X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | NA
NA | null | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Not sure | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Other Industry purpose (write in): | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
46,106 | 46,107 | I am a developer by profession | 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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46,107 | 46,108 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 4 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 20 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Netlify;Ninja;npm;Pip;Poetry;Railway;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Spring Boot | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Bolt;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Xcode | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | RAG | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;ChromeOS | null | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Hacker News;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Less than one year | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | Yes, it's a way to stay up to speed. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Other specific task (write in): | 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 | 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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | supabase | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Auto-GPT;Devin AI;v0.dev;Perplexity;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Bring human connection to the workforce. | null | null |
46,108 | 46,109 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 7 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Milvus, Qdrant
Milvus, Qdrant | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | uv
uv | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | llama-index | llama-index | Windows;iOS;Arch | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | In quick prototyping or when in need of a Shell Script to Perform a redundant task I use vibe coding, but hardly ever when actually working on code. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | null | Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Selecting tools, discussion solutions without biases, truly thinking outside of the box | 69,609 | 8 |
46,109 | 46,110 | 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.);None of the above;Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 8 | Data scientist | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 10 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 612,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | HTML/CSS;Python;R;SQL | HTML/CSS;Python;R;SQL | NA
Julia | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Astro | Astro | Astro | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Ollama | Large Language Model;Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I use AI to solve very specific things or do general research, but making a complete product is my responsibility and I don't trust an LLM to do a good job at it (I have tried a few times just for fun and the results have been horrible). I find the task of designing the solution myself, and I feel like vibe coding (if it worked as advertised) would take all the fun of my job. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | 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 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | The ability to think abstract and "out of the box" when designing and implementing solution; to be able to explain why you did something in a specific way; general communication skills, including project management, stakeholder management etc.; the ability to stay up-to-date with AI development and new software in general | 95,179 | 6 |
46,110 | 46,111 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 2 | Developer, front-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | null | null | Fintech | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,111 | 46,112 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 24 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 98,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm | Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;NestJS | Angular;Astro | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Cursor;Windsurf | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Notion | Clickup | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not entirely. I use "vide coding" for creating prototypes, demos and side-projects. In my professional work, I might use it to generate components or very small features. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | GitHub MCP Server | null | Ollama;OpenRouter | null | Snyk | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | Cline | 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 | Soft-skills, leadership and management roles, decision making regarding accessibility, usability and human factores. | 113,694 | 8 |
46,112 | 46,113 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Ireland | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Sublime Text | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | RAG | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;iOS | Confluence;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | 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 | Message Boards;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | Committing and reviewing code;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;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | 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 | critical thinking, experience | 116,015 | 8 |
46,113 | 46,114 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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 | 5 | 10 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;Rust | JavaScript;Python;Rust;Swift | JavaScript;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;FastAPI;jQuery;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;Vue.js | Astro;FastAPI;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Astro;FastAPI;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | PyCharm;WebStorm | PyCharm;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | Mastodon
Mastodon | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Other (write in): | 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 | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Testing code | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, 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. | 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 162,421 | 9 |
46,114 | 46,115 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 20 | AI/ML engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 12 | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Lisp | null | PHP
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Firebase Realtime Database;SQLite | null | MySQL, PostgresQL, MariaDB
Redis | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Symfony;Vue.js | null | null | Symfony, JQuery
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | ChromeOS | Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion;Redmine | null | null | Notion, Jira
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | 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 | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | This allows you to access hard-to-find documentation or save time without having to browse various forums. It also allows you to get interesting technical opinions. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have 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 improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | global analysis, understanding of flows, technical subtleties, business rules | null | 8 |
46,115 | 46,116 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 45 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 35 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Manufacturing | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | India | EUR European Euro | 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 | Not sure/can't remember | null | Between 10 and 15 years | null | null | null | No, not really | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,116 | 46,117 | I am learning to code | 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 | Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 4 | Developer, mobile | I don’t know | People manager | In-person | No | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Jordan | JOD Jordanian dinar | 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
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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 |
46,117 | 46,118 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 9 | Developer, back-end | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 32,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | Confluence;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Substack | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | Codeium
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Design ecosystems for complex solutions, implementation of specific features requested by users, use of code generation tools (AI or not) and problem resolution skills. | 37,125 | 7 |
46,118 | 46,119 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 19 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 25 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | Croatia | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python | Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;Oracle | DuckDB;IBM DB2;Oracle;Clickhouse | IBM DB2;Oracle | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | jsp
htmx | Yes | Eclipse | Eclipse | Eclipse | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | It seems to me that AI is quite limited in having learning about your own project. Like it has this giant mind and can remember everything anybody has written on the web. But it has no idea what is purpose of folder in which source file being discussed is. The more specific your project is the less value of AI. | 81,210 | 10 |
46,119 | 46,120 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 35 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 8 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Datadog;Gradle;Heroku;Kubernetes;Terraform;Vercel;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | null | Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Microsoft Planner;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
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;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Customer service support;Cybersecurity | Personalized agent creation | 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Perplexity | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 139,218 | null |
46,120 | 46,121 | 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.) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 19 | 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 | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 4,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Terraform;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
htmx | Yes | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Arch;iPadOS;Fedora | MacOS;Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | 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 | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Complete system understanding | 699,842 | 8 |
46,121 | 46,122 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 21 | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Government | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 26,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu | Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | Discord | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | 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 | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 30,164 | 5 |
46,122 | 46,123 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 19 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 10 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 1,080,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL | Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;Zig | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry | Digital Ocean | Digital Ocean | bundler,importmap
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Sublime Text | Sublime Text | Sublime Text | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 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 | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | null | Search for answers | 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, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Understanding & documenting business processes, crafting good UX, debugging production issues, untangling complex bugs, ensuring code maintainability, taking care of security & ethical issues. | 167,962 | 7 |
46,123 | 46,124 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 20 | 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 | 22 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | France | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vite | Docker;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | Docker;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js | Angular | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian | Windows | GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | 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 | Daily or almost daily | 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 | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | Sentry | null | null | windsurf | 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 | 127,616 | 7 |
46,124 | 46,125 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 1 | Other (please specify): | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,125 | 46,126 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | null | Yes | C;C++ | Assembly;Python | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Arch | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | Doxygen;GitHub;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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Very unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no, i don't think so | 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 | 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 | 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 | everything | null | null |
46,126 | 46,127 | 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 | null | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 19 | 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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46,127 | 46,128 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 10 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I 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 | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 750,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Python | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Digital Ocean;Docker;Pip;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip | Ansible;Docker;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Laravel | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Ollama | Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Fedora | Debian;Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Miro;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Miro;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Predictive analytics | 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 | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Reasoning and communication | 35,104 | 7 |
46,128 | 46,129 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 25 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 89,000 | Yes | C++;SQL | C++ | C++ | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | 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;Ubuntu | Windows | Azure Devops;Doxygen;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | 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 | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Search for answers | 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 | Language processing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need quick help troubleshooting | Analytic skills, mathematics, communication. | 103,253 | 7 |
46,129 | 46,130 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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;Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 2,400,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;New Relic;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;jQuery;Laravel;React;Spring Boot;WordPress | Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | Django;jQuery;Laravel;React;Spring Boot;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Notion | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | 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;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | not really | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have 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 improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Problem solving | 8,428 | 3 |
46,130 | 46,131 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 12 | 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 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) | 22 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Java;TypeScript | Java | Java | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;H2;PostgreSQL | H2 | H2 | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Heroku;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Heroku;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Next.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | 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 | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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 | GitHub MCP Server;pgvector | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | 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 | Abstract thinking, Product focus, ensuring quality, Code review | 139,218 | 8 |
46,131 | 46,132 | 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 | Attending school (part-time) | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Financial analyst or engineer | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Zimbabwe | USD United States dollar | 70,000 | Yes | Python;VBA | C#;F#;Java;Python | Python | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | null | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Documenting code | Search for answers | 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, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | 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 want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving, especially for obscure coding needs | 70,000 | null |
46,132 | 46,133 | 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.) | Not 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);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;Vue.js;WordPress | Drupal;Vue.js;WordPress | Drupal;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;Jira;Monday.com;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | Todoist
Todoist | 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 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code | Committing and reviewing code | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing 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;Other (write in): | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | 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 | Creative problem solving. | null | null |
46,133 | 46,134 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 26 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 40 | Product manager | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Lua;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Snowflake | null | Apache Derby
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Splunk | null | Scaleway
Open Shift | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Node.js | Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Zed | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Red Hat | null | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, Vibe coding is not real. AI can not generate code for a complex application. Even small applications are badly coded with AI and hard to maintain. AI can only be used to make POC faster, and help code some simple functions quickly. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Writing secure and quality code | 116,015 | null |
46,134 | 46,135 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | 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 | 11 | Data engineer | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | null | Computer Systems Design and Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | 41,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Go;PowerShell;SQL | PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | InfluxDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | InfluxDB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | NO | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Gathering requirements with people, getting to understand what they need and why, while also understanding the business logic and workflow behind it. | 47,566 | 8 |
46,135 | 46,136 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 26 | 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;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 33 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Retail and Consumer 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 | 10 | 3 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 99,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Swift | Swift | Swift | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool) | Firebase;Homebrew | Firebase;Homebrew | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | SwiftData | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Ollama;visionOS | SwiftData | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | MacOS;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Asana;GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | 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;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating 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 | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | Project planning;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;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | nope | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Marketing | 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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | logic and common sense | 122,753 | 5 |
46,136 | 46,137 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 17 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 15 | France | EUR European Euro | 8,838 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Swift;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Fortran;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;MATLAB;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;Rust;SQL;Swift;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Swift;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Terraform;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Podman;Terraform;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Symfony;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | 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 (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | I'm testing this but I don't find this process useful. Sometimes, the LLM may come up with really good insight, code, etc. But most of the time it's just frustrating and shortcutting on things that should not be short cut. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | In the state where AI is right now? It shouldn't change at all and if it does, then we are going straight into a wall... We are more obsessed in putting AI everywhere, more powerful etc. But we don't care about security, ethics, sustainability. And that goes well above just a mere technology that could become another big wicked problem later down the line as we continue to see this technology get mishandled... As far as I'm concerned, it's another problem within the sustainability problems we are facing that we added to our list, in addition to environment and social injustice, etc. Clearly, AI is not helping on any front, except "enhancing our confort" which is just a lie to ourselves. | 10,253 | null |
46,137 | 46,138 | 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 (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 850,000 | Yes | F#;JavaScript;Lua;TypeScript | C++;Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Microsoft Access;Amazon Redshift | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Webpack | APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;Node.js;React | Blazor;WordPress | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Zed | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Pop!_OS | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Stack Overflow for Teams | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Direct messaging of users | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | While I do engage with large language models like ChatGPT to explore ideas or approaches — I don’t copy and paste code directly into my projects. I treat AI-generated code as a starting point or inspiration. I always rewrite, refactor, or adapt the output to suit my architecture, standards, and business logic. So in that sense, vibe coding forms a creative layer in my workflow, but not a final code generator. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics;Other Industry purpose (write in): | Language processing;Other specific task (write in): | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I 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 | 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 | Looking ahead 3–5 years, I believe core developer skills like system architecture, problem solving, domain expertise, and effective communication will remain invaluable. While AI tools will become more capable at generating code and automating routine tasks, developers who understand how to design complex systems, manage risk, and collaborate across teams will continue to be essential. Adaptability and continuous learning will be critical as AI evolves, but human judgment and creativity will always be irreplaceable. | 47,922 | 8 |
46,138 | 46,139 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 13 | 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 | Easy-to-use API
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46,139 | 46,140 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | null | null | null | null | 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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46,140 | 46,141 | 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);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 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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46,141 | 46,142 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 28 | 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;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 | 20 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | null | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Banking/Financial Services | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 10 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 108,000 | Yes | Java;Kotlin;Lua | Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Flask | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | RAG;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | Yes it is | No, but I 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving
Critical thinking | 125,296 | 7 |
46,142 | 46,143 | 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 (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 18 | Developer, back-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
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46,143 | 46,144 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,144 | 46,145 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 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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46,145 | 46,146 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 38 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 48 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 12 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm | Firebase | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | FastAPI | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Limited to a use case when developing new app or bigger feature as code needs to be integrated into an existing framework which API and data structures with their constrains and dependencies would be very difficult to descripbe specifically enough. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | null | 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 the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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.;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 | Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Embedded SW development and solutions to integrate - devide functionality between IOT device, server and UI client to optimize for development effort and system performance. | 69,609 | 10 |
46,146 | 46,147 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | 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) | 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;Books / Physical media | 13 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Rust;Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Next.js;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Testing code;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 | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | 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. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph;Smolagents | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Thinking, creativity, problem understanding. | 104,413 | 7 |
46,147 | 46,148 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 9 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | Congo, Republic of the... | XAF Central African CFA franc | 2,400,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Vercel;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Hacker News | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 would say so, yes ! Especially when i need to get going and start working with a technology I am not quite familiar with. Vibe coding will often lay the foundation on which I will build the rest of the software upon, while learning the tools and possibly debug or rewrite older code to fit my personal style. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Decision intelligence | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Business intelligence and critical thinking. The capacity to plan for the future and build with scale in mind. | 4,246 | 7 |
46,148 | 46,149 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 73,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | JCR
NA | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
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;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes. As a Basis to be refined. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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. | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 84,691 | 7 |
46,149 | 46,150 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Perl;PHP | Java;JavaScript;SQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Redshift | H2;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);npm | null | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;Ruby on Rails;WordPress | AngularJS;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Visual Studio | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android | Windows;Ubuntu | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions | null | null | 9 |
46,150 | 46,151 | 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 | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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) | 5 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 1,300,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Supabase | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Next.js;React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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);Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Testing code | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | A little | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Customer service support | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have 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 | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | supabase | null | Ollama | null | Honeycomb | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Devin AI;v0.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Architectural look to projects | 32,822 | null |
46,151 | 46,152 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 25 | Founder, technology or otherwise | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Austria | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift | Objective-C
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;New Relic | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;New Relic | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;New Relic | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;React | ASP.NET | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;SwiftData;visionOS | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, to try out ideas | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Software engineering;Marketing | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,152 | 46,153 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, 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 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | PowerShell;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | React | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | Windows | Debian | Azure Devops;Jira;Miro | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved 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.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 40,605 | 4 |
46,153 | 46,154 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp | 9 | Data or business analyst | Less than 20 employees | null | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | No
Yes | Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | Google Colab;Google Workspace | Google Colab;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half 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;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | NO | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | 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 | 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 | AI/DATA SCIENCE/DATA ANALYTICS | null | 6 |
46,154 | 46,155 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 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 |
46,155 | 46,156 | 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.) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 15 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Insurance | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 10 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 57,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Snowflake | null | NA
NA | Yes | npm;pnpm | null | null | Azure Devops
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Thinking | 66,128 | 8 |
46,156 | 46,157 | 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 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | null | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 3,360,000 | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;Fastify;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);ChromeOS | iOS | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | 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 | 11,799 | 7 |
46,157 | 46,158 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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 | 10 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 7,000,000 | Yes | Go;Ruby | Go;Ruby | Go;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Heroku | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Heroku | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Heroku | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;VSCodium | Claude Code;VSCodium | Claude Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Discord;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 81,368 | 10 |
46,158 | 46,159 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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 | 19 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 20 | 7 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 720,972 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Webpack | Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm | Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Deno;Node.js | AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Deno;Django;Laravel;Node.js;Svelte;Symfony | ASP.NET Core;Deno;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Red Hat | Windows;Red Hat | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | Gitea
Gitea | 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 | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. I use AI to get specific constructions I don't remember how to create. | No, but I 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Code structuring in large projects. Defining way how to architect a software. | 33,746 | 10 |
46,159 | 46,160 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 2 | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | C;C++;Go;SQL | C;C++;Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Victoria
Victoria,Iceberg | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;MSBuild;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;New Relic;NuGet;Vite | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;New Relic;NuGet;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Vue.js | Ent,Gorm
Ent,Gorm,Beego | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio | Goland
Goland | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitLab;Jira | GitLab | GitLab | Wikijs
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos | 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 weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | Sentry;New Relic;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft 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 help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 8 |
46,160 | 46,161 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 15 | Developer, front-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | 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 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | 5,900,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Ruby;Rust;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Google Cloud;Vite;Yarn | Google Cloud;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | MacOS | GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, vibe coding is just a trend | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | GitLab duo workflow | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | GitLab Duo | 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 quick help troubleshooting | Quick grasping, business acumen, communication skills, debugging, design related problems | 68,581 | 7 |
46,161 | 46,162 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 23 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 1 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | 5 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | no | No, but I plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;Other (please specify): | experience, architecture, | null | null |
46,162 | 46,163 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 12 | DevOps engineer or professional | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,163 | 46,164 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 4 | Taiwan | TWD New Taiwan dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;jQuery;Laravel | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | 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 | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Cybersecurity | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | Architecture Design | null | 8 |
46,164 | 46,165 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Books / Physical media | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 700,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning new concepts or technologies | 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, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Human intelligence and experience in building algorithms | 17,674 | 7 |
46,165 | 46,166 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 30 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | null | null | Apple Core data
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Apple cloudkit | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something | General and advanced coding expertise to validate and guide ai output | null | null |
46,166 | 46,167 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,167 | 46,168 | 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 | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 11 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | null | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 6 | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 3,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Splunk;Vercel | Firebase;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;jQuery;Node.js | NestJS | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;iOS | Ubuntu | Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ML, web development | 1,937 | 7 |
46,168 | 46,169 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 32 | Developer, game or graphics | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 10 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | C#;C++ | C#;C++;Erlang;F#;Rust | C#;C++ | NA
Verse, Haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | c++23 | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows | Confluence;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | Confluence;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | Confluence;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | 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 | Connecting the dots, managing the big picture, understanding how code and non-code systems (such as users) interact. | 127,616 | 8 |
46,169 | 46,170 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 8 | 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 | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Developing specialized expertise
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 1,008,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Dart | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Firebase Realtime Database;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk | Cloudflare;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;Supabase | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;NestJS | Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;iPadOS | Windows;iPadOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;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 weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Requirements analysis, having empathy what a client wants and applying best practices to code | 56,830 | 8 |
46,170 | 46,171 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 79,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Gleam | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;Svelte | Astro;Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Google Gemini | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Miro;Obsidian | null | Bear
NA | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | 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;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Predictive analytics | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Design of interfaces, creativity, good practices and the reasons behind it, and deep knowledge of the language you are coding in, algorithms, data structures and understanding on how the infrastructure works in order to supervise and colab with AI | 91,652 | 6 |
46,171 | 46,172 | 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 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 7 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,172 | 46,173 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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);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;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 14 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy 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 | 6 | 6 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 108,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | Astro;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Astro;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | GitHub;Jira;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Jira;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Jira;Notion;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not entirely. Can't rely completely on vibe coding. Existing codebases including lots of third parties are too complex to understand all the context and decisions making | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Data and analytics | Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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. | null | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;supabase;pgvector | null | LangChain | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Deciding the best way forward for the business | 125,296 | 8 |
46,173 | 46,174 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 15 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | GraphQl, Vue, Ruby on Rails, AWS
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Odoo;RAG | RAG | RAG | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Pop!_OS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos | 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 | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. I use LLMs as a starting point to understand an issue, terms etc, and then I mostly do web searches. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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 | Analytical skills, broader understanding of the project, its goals etc | 75,410 | 9 |
46,174 | 46,175 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 43 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 30 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | null | C;Fortran | C#;C++;Python;Swift | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;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 | 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 | 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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding the problem and solutions. | null | null |
46,175 | 46,176 | 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) | 2 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,176 | 46,177 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | Prefer not to say | null | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 2 | Student | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,177 | 46,178 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,178 | 46,179 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 33 | 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 | 33 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 3 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 800,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 20,198 | 10 |
46,179 | 46,180 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 40 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 1 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 252,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Monday.com;Notion | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Videos;Coding challenges | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;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 | Vibe coding can help produce code faster but tends to need a lot of hand-holding, especially in a professional setting. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | ChatGPT;Claude Code | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | The overview of architecture and what people want from the software. | 68,771 | 10 |
46,180 | 46,181 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 30 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 14 | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C;C++;Erlang;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | null | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Monday.com;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | 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 | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | It begins to be part of the dev work | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Redis;Neo4j | null | Llama Index;Haystack | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | keeping a global view for managing large and complex software | null | 8 |
46,181 | 46,182 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 14 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 20 | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 105,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MongoDB;MySQL | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Poetry | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Poetry | NA
Pulumi | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js;React | Angular;Node.js;Svelte | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | It is a way of working, that can be used in certain contexts | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving, automating business ideas and flows | 121,815 | 8 |
46,182 | 46,183 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 13 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 101,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | React;Vue.js;WordPress | Next.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | React;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;PyCharm | Cursor;PhpStorm;PyCharm | PhpStorm;PyCharm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iPadOS | MacOS;NixOS | GitHub | 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 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | 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. | 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 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 59,900 | 9 |
46,183 | 46,184 | 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 | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 17 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Energy | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 56,000 | Yes | C++;Lua;Python;Rust | Python;Rust | Python;Rust | Haskell
Haskell | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Helix, Zellij
Helix, Zellij | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Red Hat | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | 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 about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need quick help troubleshooting | To write code. | 64,968 | 6 |
46,184 | 46,185 | 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.) | 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 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;Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 2 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 75,500 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | null | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, I would not commit code I am not 100% sure how it works. I might use AI to generate something, but I would review it and likely edit it afterwards, which I don't consider to be vibe coding. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Advanced problem solving, especially when most of us will have forgotten how to do that | 44,776 | 9 |
46,185 | 46,186 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 50 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | null | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 100,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat 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 | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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 | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I want to fully understand something | null | 136,141 | 10 |
46,186 | 46,187 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 7 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Slovenia | EUR European Euro | 3,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;Python | Go;Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust | Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI | Django | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim | Cursor;PyCharm;Vim;VSCodium;Windsurf | Cursor;PyCharm;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Not sure | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3,480 | 8 |
46,187 | 46,188 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 13 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Healthcare | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 50 | 50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 58,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Spring Boot | ASP.NET Core;React;Spring Boot | ASP.NET Core;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File | Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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. Providing complete solutions. Making great software that people want to use. | 78,962 | null |
46,188 | 46,189 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 14 | Project manager | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 10 | Serbia | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Liquid
Liquid | Yes | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;npm;Yarn | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;npm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | Shopify, Liquid
Shopify, Liquid | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | Windows;MacOS;Android | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Trello | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Trello | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Vibe coding is a youtube slang for non technical folk who think they can build apps without prior knowledge only with natural language. | 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 | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Zapier | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Communication ability | 100,000 | 10 |
46,189 | 46,190 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify): | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 9 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | R;SQL | R | R | NA
SAS | null | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Trae;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Trae;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Trae;Visual Studio Code | Rstudio
Rstudio | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Bioconductor
Bioconductor | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):;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 | Data and analytics | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | DeepSeek | 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 | Designing models and algorithms | null | null |
46,190 | 46,191 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Higher Education | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 55,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Swift | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm | Docker;npm | Docker;npm | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Django;FastAPI;Fastify;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | AngularJS;Fastify;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Vue.js | AngularJS;Fastify;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js | Web2Py
Wagtail | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Debian | Asana;GitLab;Miro;Trello | GitLab;Miro;Trello | GitLab;Miro;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | 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 | Chat (people);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I 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, context knowledge
| 74,878 | 5 |
46,191 | 46,192 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | null | null | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
46,192 | 46,193 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 15 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C++;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool) | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,193 | 46,194 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,194 | 46,195 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 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 | 22 | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | null | Yes | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js | Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | Vim | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics | null | null | 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 | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Lowel level programming or hardware, also AI development | null | 9 |
46,195 | 46,196 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 45 | 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 | 55 | Retired | 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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46,196 | 46,197 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 37 | Project manager | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Computer Systems Design and Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | 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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46,197 | 46,198 | I am learning to code | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 38 | 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 | 1 | Other (please specify): | Less than 20 employees | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,198 | 46,199 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | None of the above | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Java;MATLAB;Python;R | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Java;Python | Haskell
Haskell | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting 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;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 | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding systems. | null | null |
46,199 | 46,200 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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