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46,400 | 46,401 | 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 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 9 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Python;Ruby;SQL | Go;Python;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;MySQL | Dynamodb;MySQL | Dynamodb;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Pip;Splunk | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Homebrew | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Testing code | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | MCP servers | 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. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | 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 | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | testing | null | 6 |
46,401 | 46,402 | 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 | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 33 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | 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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46,402 | 46,403 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Other: | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 5 | Poland | USD United States dollar | 170,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;Ruby | Go;Lua;Rust;Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Django;React;Ruby on Rails | Django;React;Ruby on Rails | Django;React;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | null | Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | I think it's make you less klnowlegeble what are you actually doing and can be used if you need quick but unstable results.
Eventually - better to write it yourself and use AI to consult with as with the "rubber duck" kind of thing. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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 b... | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | Ollama | null | Sentry;New Relic;Wiz | null | ChatGPT | null | 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 | Understanding and describing the problem, architecture and solution engineering. | 170,000 | null |
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NA | Inefficient or time-costly
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NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Dart;HTML/CSS;Python | HTML/CSS;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | OpenSearch
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Pip;Poetry;Webpack | Ansible;APT;Digital Ocean;Docker | Ansible;APT;Digital Ocean;Docker | uv
uv | Yes | Django;Flask;React | Django;Flask | Django;Flask | NA
htmx | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | uv | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS;Pop!_OS | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);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 | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Search for answers | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Systems thinking, rhetoric, debugging, empathy | null | 7 |
46,406 | 46,407 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Games or coding challenge... | 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) | 30 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 8 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 195,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Terraform;Yarn | buildkite, samson
buildkite | Yes | Django;jQuery;Next.js;React;Ruby on Rails | jQuery;Next.js;Ruby on Rails | jQuery;Next.js;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);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 | null | Other (write in):
finding answers to previously asked questions | Neutral | 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;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | cursor | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | Translating requirements, asking the right questions to figure out what is actually required, debugging skills, coding skills( so that enshittification hits AI providers, there is someone to write the code). | 126,768 | 7 |
46,407 | 46,408 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 8 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | 1,200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | SQL | SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Oracle | MySQL;Oracle;SQLite | Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Odoo;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS | MacOS;Android;iOS | Clickup;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Predictive analytics;Search for answers | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 23,966 | 7 |
46,408 | 46,409 | I am learning to code | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Retired | Volunteering (regularly);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 45 | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Books / Physical media | 25 | Engineering manager | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | null | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | null | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | 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;Android;iOS | Windows | Google Colab;Markdown File | Google Colab;Markdown File | Google Colab;Markdown File | NA
NA | YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | no | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 platfor... | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | null |
46,409 | 46,410 | 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 | null | null | null | 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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46,410 | 46,411 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 130,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;Redis;Snowflake | MongoDB;Redis;Snowflake | MongoDB;Redis;Snowflake | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;NestJS;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Perplexity | Junie | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Communication, rigor | 150,819 | 8 |
46,411 | 46,412 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | 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 | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,412 | 46,413 | 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 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 8 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Splunk;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask | Django;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | Ollama;uv | uv | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu;Red Hat | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 58,007 | 6 |
46,413 | 46,414 | 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) | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;G... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Symfony | Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Symfony | Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Monday.com | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Monday.com | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Monday.com | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | 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 spen... | 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 Info... | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 10 |
46,414 | 46,415 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 18 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 3 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 183,000 | Yes | Elixir;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Flask;jQuery;Phoenix;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;Django;React | Angular;Django;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging or fixing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, I try to use AI tools more for "last mile" changes than building from scratch | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Ability to design high-level architecture and complex systems | 49,941 | 7 |
46,415 | 46,416 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 3 | Support engineer or analyst | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | South Korea | KRW South Korean won | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lisp;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;JavaScript;Lisp;Perl;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lisp;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Make | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Red Hat | GitHub | GitHub;Wikis | GitHub | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | 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 | 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 InfoS... | 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 |
46,416 | 46,417 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | Brazil | USD United States dollar | 90,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 90,000 | 10 |
46,417 | 46,418 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 24 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 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 | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 145,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | 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 | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to 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 | Software architecture, and in general large-scale software design. | 197,405 | 6 |
46,418 | 46,419 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 0 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Python | Ruby | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 10 |
46,419 | 46,420 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 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) | 4 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | 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 | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 8,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | C++;PHP;Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Kubernetes | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;jQuery;Node.js;React | Django;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Vue.js;WordPress | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code | Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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. | 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. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or plat... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Auto-GPT;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Yes | 4,745 | 2 |
46,420 | 46,421 | 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 | None of the above | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Slovakia | EUR European Euro | 75,800 | Yes | TypeScript | Go;TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;React | Astro;Deno;Next.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Astro;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor | Cursor;Zed | Cursor | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I still need to fix code manually. I can vibe code some basics, create component structure, but still have to implement business logic by hand | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Bolt.new;Amazon Codewhisperer | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Ability to formulate the problem, read and understand the code so i'm able to fix it. Ability to understand business requirements | 87,939 | 8 |
46,421 | 46,422 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 4 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,422 | 46,423 | 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) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | 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 | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 9,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Python;Rust;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python;Zig | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Axum | FastAPI | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Arch | Ubuntu;Debian;Arch | GitHub;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Predictive analytics | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Claude Code | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Low level development | 104,616 | null |
46,423 | 46,424 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other (please specify): | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | null | null | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 40,000 | 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 | 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 | 40,000 | null |
46,424 | 46,425 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 23 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 40 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,425 | 46,426 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 15 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | null | Yes | Dart;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;npm;Yarn | Google Cloud;npm;Yarn | Google Cloud;npm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Node.js | Angular;NestJS;Node.js;React | NestJS;Node.js | Flutter
Flutter | Yes | Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI 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 per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | 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 | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | null | 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 spen... | 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 | I mostly use OpenAI, and less DeepSeek, Gemini, Anthropic and Mistral chat models in that order. | null | null | Google Gemini | 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 | High level architecture. | null | 10 |
46,426 | 46,427 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 8 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 0 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 165,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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46,427 | 46,428 | 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 | 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);... | 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;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 12 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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46,428 | 46,429 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | null | In-person | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,429 | 46,430 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | I prefer not to say | null | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;OCaml;PHP;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;OCaml;PHP;SQL;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;OCaml;PHP;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | nix, clojure
NA | Yes | Datomic;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | Datomic;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Pocketbase;Valkey | Datomic;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Docker;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Podman;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Podman;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Bun;Docker;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Podman;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | nix
NA | Yes | Astro;Deno;Express;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | Astro;Deno;FastAPI;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | Astro;Deno;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | hugo,htmx
hugo,htmx | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | NixOS | NixOS | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexi... | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexi... | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexi... | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Other (write in): | According to Wikipedia's definition, I can claim this kind of "vibe coding" is part of my workflow, but it still leans toward AI-assisted coding — in the sense that a person cares about the code. This is different from the initial vibe coding definition by Karpathy, where the person doesn't care about the code or even ... | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | 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 | 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. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;supabase;pgvector;Weaviate;Pinecone | null | LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | adaptability to new technologies, orchestration of the automation tools, evaluation of the solutions, critical thinking and decision making | null | 7 |
46,430 | 46,431 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 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;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;Colleague or on-the-job training | 47 | Database administrator or engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;MSBuild;Terraform | Chocolatey;Datadog;MSBuild;Terraform | Chocolatey;MSBuild;Terraform | github actions, dotnet build
github actions, dotnet build | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | ssms, azure data studio
ssms, azure data studio | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Company-sponsored forums | lemmy, mastodon
lemmy, mastodon | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Sort of: I needed a github action and couldn't find a good example. It generated one based off my prompt, and then I spent a week iterating through it to get it to where I wanted it, sometimes with AI help but frequently by reading online. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 h... | critical thinking, knowing best practices AND WHY, and a hearty willingness to automate things, not just do the same thing over and over. | 140,000 | 7 |
46,431 | 46,432 | 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 | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 31 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 8 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 157,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Python;SQL | Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Polars;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | Polars;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | Polars;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord | Stack Overflow;Discord | Stack Overflow;Discord | Mastodon
Mastodon | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking, problem identification | 157,000 | 7 |
46,432 | 46,433 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | null | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Splunk;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Microsoft Fabric | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;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 | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
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 | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;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 | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | 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 InfoS... | null | null | null | pgvector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,433 | 46,434 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 19 | 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);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 | 25 | Data or business analyst | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Brazil | USD United States dollar | 33,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Pip;Poetry;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Pip;Yarn | Google Cloud;Pip;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows | Asana;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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 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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Asana | null | Asana | null | null | Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | Critical thinking | 33,000 | null |
46,434 | 46,435 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 26 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;HTML/CSS;SQL | Java;JavaScript;MicroPython;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Webpack | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | null | NA
NA | Yes | WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | VSCodium | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | VSCodium | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL);ChromeOS | Windows | GitHub;GitLab | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;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 | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | IT operations | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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 ... | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 11,832 | null |
46,435 | 46,436 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 | 14 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 4 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Java;SQL;Zig | C;C#;Java;SQL;Zig | C;C#;Java;SQL;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform | Digital Ocean;Docker;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform | Digital Ocean;Docker;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform | Nomad
Nomad | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Rider;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;X | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | 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 | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code | 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 | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboratio... | 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.;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 | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Context and understanding of system and business requirements | null | 7 |
46,436 | 46,437 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Android;Arch;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;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 | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | 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;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | 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.;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 platfor... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 9 |
46,437 | 46,438 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | Prefer not to say | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 6 | Developer, QA or test | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Bulgaria | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | C;C#;C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js | jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows | Jira | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | 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 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 quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
46,438 | 46,439 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,439 | 46,440 | 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) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Government | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 15 | 8 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 78,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 96,714 | 7 |
46,440 | 46,441 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | 7 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | 20,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Google Cloud;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | NestJS;Next.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | Clickup;Trello | GitLab;Jira;Notion | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | null | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or plat... | null | Qdrant | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | 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 | system design | 764 | 7 |
46,441 | 46,442 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;Python | C#;Go;Python | C#;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL | Databricks SQL | Databricks SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Blazor;React | Blazor | Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows;Android | Azure Devops;GitLab | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models | openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Not quite, I don't take AI use that far, but instead have it generate specific components for me | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 100,000 | 8 |
46,442 | 46,443 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 11 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;MicroPython;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Erlang;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;MicroPython;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;MicroPython;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
Haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;npm;Vite;Webpack | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;npm;Vite;Webpack | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;npm;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Express;React;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Express;React;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Express;React;WordPress | NA
Snabbdom | Yes | Android Studio;Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
CLion | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;ChromeOS | null | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,443 | 46,444 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other (please specify): | 38 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Other (please specify):
Stability; Backwards / Forward Compat | Security or privacy concerns
Careless API changes | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 40,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Perl;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Perl;Rust;SQL | Perl;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Vite | Docker;Vite | Docker;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Vue.js | Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Vim;Windsurf | Vim;Windsurf | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | null | 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) | Other (write in):
Find answers | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | Codeium -> 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | Empathy, Reasoning, Taking responsibility, Coordination with colleagues, Interface with non-technical staff / management, Operations, Support, Teaching non-programmers to use AI tools. | 49,597 | 9 |
46,444 | 46,445 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 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) | 4 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Healthcare | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,445 | 46,446 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,446 | 46,447 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | I prefer not to say | null | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | 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;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,447 | 46,448 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 28 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | 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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46,448 | 46,449 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 14 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,449 | 46,450 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 16 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Rust;Swift | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry;Yarn | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Node.js;React | Astro;React | Astro;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | uv | uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | Asana;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Discord;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | Discord;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Project planning, computer security, user experience, requirements mapping, collaboration, training others, debugging | 217,826 | 7 |
46,450 | 46,451 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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 | 6 | Developer, mobile | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,451 | 46,452 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 130,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | TimesteamDB, RDS (PostgresSQL)
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;npm;Pip;Poetry;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;npm;Poetry;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;npm;Poetry;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Django;React | Django;React | Django;React | Remix
Remix | Yes | Vim;VSCodium | Vim;VSCodium;Zed | Vim;VSCodium | NA
NA | Shadcn/ui | RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | Obsidian | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | Other (write in): | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | '- Making sure the code actually works
- fitting the appropriate solution to the problem, not the popular one
- ability to explain the software capabilities and limitations to laymen | 130,000 | 5 |
46,452 | 46,453 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | 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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46,453 | 46,454 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 17 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
46,454 | 46,455 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 30 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 2 | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Python | Python | Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | NA
Copilot | null | null | null | null | null | iOS | iOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers | 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 | Project planning;Documenting code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have 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 collaboration within my team. | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Creativity beyond what was done before, preserving the basic meaning of programming and keep the direction toward human centered solutions | null | null |
46,455 | 46,456 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time) | 1 | null | null | 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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46,456 | 46,457 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | AI/ML engineer | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 6 | India | INR Indian rupee | 500,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Ada;C#;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Go;R;Rust;Swift | null | Yes
Yes | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | Cassandra;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Snowflake;Amazon Redshift | null | No
No | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Datadog;Heroku;Homebrew;MSBuild;Poetry | null | No
No | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel | null | No
No | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Aider;Bolt;Claude Code | null | No
No | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Odoo;RAG;uv;visionOS | null | No | No | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Linear;Notion | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitLab;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | No
No | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Dev.to;Company-sponsored forums | null | No
No | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Amazon Titan models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);X Grok models | null | No
No | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
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 | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Robotics;Cybersecurity | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 InfoS... | null | Redis;Neo4j;GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | Vertex AI;Ollama;OpenRouter | null | Sentry;Galileo;Honeycomb | 0 | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;AgentGPT;Tabnine;Replit;Perplexity;Bolt.new;Blackbox AI;Lovable.dev | 0 | 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 | Ai + Backend engineering | 5,812 | 8 |
46,457 | 46,458 | 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);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Attending school (part-time) | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9 |
46,458 | 46,459 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,459 | 46,460 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,460 | 46,461 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | null | null | null | null | 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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46,461 | 46,462 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 25 | Engineering manager | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | null | null | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 180,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;COBOL;Fortran;Go;HTML/CSS;MATLAB;MicroPython;PHP;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,462 | 46,463 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 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 influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 9 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 48,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging or fixing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | yes
| 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI a... | 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. | 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 h... | a lot | 48,000 | 9 |
46,463 | 46,464 | 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 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Developer, mobile | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | Working with new technologies and tools
Company mission | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 55,000 | Yes | C# | Kotlin;Swift | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Room | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Xcode | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android;iOS | Azure Devops;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Obsidian | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Slack (public channels, not work);Substack | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Copilot
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not yet. But I might experiment with agentic coding to boost my productivity and secure my job. | No, but I 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Most tech skills to some extent, just in order to validate that AI is doing a good job.
But maybe I'm grossly underestimating how powerful AI will be at such tasks. It's one of the hardest to grasp concepts of my career and possibly life. | 74,878 | 5 |
46,464 | 46,465 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 57 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Lisp;Python | Ada;Lisp;Python | Ada;Lisp;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | 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 | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | All human skills of developers will remain valuable. | null | null |
46,465 | 46,466 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | Academic researcher | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Kenya | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Python;SQL;Mojo | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | null | GitHub;Google Workspace | Microsoft Planner;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Slack (public channels, not work) | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,466 | 46,467 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time) | 5 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Codin... | 4 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
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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46,467 | 46,468 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);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 | 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;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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,200,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | hostinger;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | hostinger;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | hostinger;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat;Fedora | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat;Fedora | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Microsoft Planner;Redmine;Trello | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Microsoft Planner;Redmine;Trello | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Microsoft Planner;Redmine;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Daily or almost daily | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes, “vibe coding”—as defined by Wikipedia, the process of generating software from LLM prompts—has increasingly become a part of my professional development workflow. While I don’t rely on it as a replacement for foundational skills, I do use it as a powerful tool for prototyping, accelerating repetitive coding tasks,... | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement;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 spen... | 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 se... | null | null | null | null | Redis | null | Vertex AI;Ollama;Zapier;LangGraph | null | Metero;Protect AI | null | Auto-GPT;Blackbox AI | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | null | 13,949 | 10 |
46,468 | 46,469 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Boot... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 350,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;NestJS;React | Angular;AngularJS;Express;NestJS;React | Angular;AngularJS;Express;NestJS;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | IT operations | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Tabnine | null | null | null | 4,068 | 7 |
46,469 | 46,470 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 8 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,470 | 46,471 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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46,471 | 46,472 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | null | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,472 | 46,473 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | null | null | null | United Arab Emirates | USD United States dollar | null | null | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | null | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Railway;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;Svelte | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Airtable;GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | 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 | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | 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 | null | null | null | null |
46,473 | 46,474 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 8 | 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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46,474 | 46,475 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;Pip | Ninja;Poetry | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;WordPress | FastAPI | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | null | NA
NA | uv | Google Gemini | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Trello;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | github copilot
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;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 at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | 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;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 | patience, determination, vision/strategy, creativity, collaborative spirit | 160,000 | null |
46,475 | 46,476 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (part-time) | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 | 25 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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46,476 | 46,477 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,477 | 46,478 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;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;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Customer service support | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 87,011 | 9 |
46,478 | 46,479 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 4 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Swift | Swift | Swift | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database | NA
NA | null | Firebase | Firebase | Firebase | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing 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 | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | 5 | null | null |
46,479 | 46,480 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 25 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 130,000 | null | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk | APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;FastAPI;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);ChromeOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | 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 | Refactoring and software architect and trouble shooting | 176,984 | 9 |
46,480 | 46,481 | 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 | 16 | 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;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 | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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46,481 | 46,482 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 6 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,482 | 46,483 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 14 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 3 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | null | null | Java;Kotlin;SQL | Java;Kotlin;SQL | Java;Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Android | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 pla... | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | null | 10 |
46,483 | 46,484 | 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.) | 11 | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | DevOps engineer or professional | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Go;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Mojo | Go;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Supabase;Valkey | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Kubernetes;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Kubernetes;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;FastAPI;Next.js | Astro;Deno;FastAPI;Next.js;Phoenix;Vue.js | Astro;FastAPI;Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | Aider;Claude Code;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv;Ultralytics | Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Clickup;GitHub;Google Colab;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I 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 | GitHub MCP Server;supabase;Pinecone | null | Vertex AI;Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev;Bolt.new | 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 | debugging and understanding deeply and being on top of good coding practices | null | 6 |
46,484 | 46,485 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Other (please specify): | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,485 | 46,486 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not 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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46,486 | 46,487 | 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 | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 80,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gradle;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Ninja;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Spring Boot | null | null | Thymeleaf
NA | Yes | Aider;Claude Code;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | AugmentCode
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | ChromaDB | null | LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | 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 | Reading and understanding code | 80,000 | null |
46,487 | 46,488 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 23 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Manufacturing | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 130,000 | Yes | C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Amazon Redshift | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Angular;Django;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Angular;Django;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | MacOS;Debian | Windows;MacOS;Red Hat | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | 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 se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 150,819 | null |
46,488 | 46,489 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Data engineer | 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 4 | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | 49,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Poetry | UV
UV | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Polars;RAG;uv | Polars;RAG;Ollama;uv | Polars;RAG;uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | bitbucket
bitbucket | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | 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 | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Mostly not, but when i'm getting tired of I bug I tend to go more to "vibe coding" until AI finds out the issue, and if it's not happening I stop with that issue for the time being. | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Understanding problems and finding solutions to them. Communication. | 41,800 | 4 |
46,489 | 46,490 | 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) | 100 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 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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46,490 | 46,491 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 4 | 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 | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,491 | 46,492 | 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) | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;New Relic;Pip;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;New Relic;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;New Relic;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Aider;Claude Code;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Aider;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Debian | MacOS;Debian | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Mastodon
Mastodon | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI 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);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI 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);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
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 about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Understanding the whole system, not only parts of it, as well as the business requirements. | null | 9 |
46,492 | 46,493 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,493 | 46,494 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 14 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 96,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | jQuery | jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating 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 | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | null | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | mentoring younger developers, understanding a majority of what your code does, knowing how to not code yourself into a corner. | 96,000 | 7 |
46,494 | 46,495 | 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.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 5 | Data or business analyst | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 43,000 | Yes | Python;R;SQL;VBA | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;Redis;Snowflake;Clickhouse | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;iOS | Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion | null | null | Internal solution
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Slack (public channels, not work) | null | Dou.ua
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Job board;Other (write in): | Other (write in):
Don’t use Q&A for anything except finding a solution to my issue | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | In some kind, but I’m trying to replace this approach as I’m starting to forget how to write more complex things | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | 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 | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | Soft skills, including communication skills, analytical thinking, problem solving, decision making | 43,000 | null |
46,495 | 46,496 | 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.) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,496 | 46,497 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 17 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 2 | Data or business analyst | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
Data privacy | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 3 | Romania | EUR European Euro | 3,500 | Yes | Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;Redis | null | NA
pgvector, Pinecone, Milvus, Weaviate, Chroma, Qdrant | Yes | Pip | Docker;Kubernetes | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | Ollama | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar 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 | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | not yet, but I'm planning to switch to it, once the security concerns will be addressed. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | pgvector | null | Vertex AI | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Perplexity | 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 | system design, architecture, testing | 4,061 | 7 |
46,497 | 46,498 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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);Coding Bootcamp | 17 | Other (please specify): | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 155,000 | Yes | C#;Groovy;Java | Groovy;Java;Kotlin;PowerShell;Scala;SQL;Swift | Groovy;Java | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Splunk | Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Microsoft Fabric;LangGraph | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Stack Overflow for Teams | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Stack Overflow for Teams | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 155,000 | null |
46,498 | 46,499 | 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) | 12 | 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) | 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 | 5 | Data or business analyst | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 58,500 | Yes | JavaScript;Python;Rust | Python;Rust;TypeScript | Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;DuckDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | DuckDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Poetry | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform;Vite | Cargo;Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js | Django;FastAPI;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Cursor;Vim | Vim | NA
NA | Polars;Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | Polars;Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Miro | Asana;GitLab;Redmine | Asana;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord | Stack Overflow;Discord | Stack Overflow;Discord | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Direct messaging of users | null | 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 | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | 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 | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Ethics, communication, privacy | 10,649 | null |
46,499 | 46,500 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 45 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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);Books / Physical media | 50 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 85,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;SQL | julia, mathematica
julia, mathematica | Yes | Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | 98,612 | null |
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