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NA | Security or privacy concerns
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NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Pip;Splunk | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip | Chocolatey;Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery;WordPress | Angular;ASP.NET;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Answer a question
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NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
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NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails | Node.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails | Node.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Splunk | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Splunk | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask | ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;React | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | Pydantic | null | null | MacOS | Windows;MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
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46,606 | 46,607 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | Other (please specify): | 10 | Developer, front-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
Company not evil | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Python;Swift | TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | GraphQL, IQL
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Datadog;Firebase;Google Cloud;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | null | GitLab;Jira;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | 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 | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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;Other (write in): | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | 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 | null | 160,000 | 8 |
46,607 | 46,608 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | null | 2 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,608 | 46,609 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 39 | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 51 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 105,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;Elixir;Erlang;F#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lisp;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Cockroachdb | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;NuGet;Splunk | Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Prometheus;Splunk | Digital Ocean;NuGet;Splunk | gitlab
github, radicle | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Phoenix;Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Microsoft Teams
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | ServiceNow
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 105,000 | 6 |
46,609 | 46,610 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | I prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,610 | 46,611 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | None of the above | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Austria | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Testing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,611 | 46,612 | 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.) | Retired | None of the above | 40 | 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 | 40 | Support engineer or analyst | 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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46,612 | 46,613 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 23 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 20 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 120,000 | Yes | Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;Swift;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Swift;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Mastodon
Mastodon | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Absolutely not. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | 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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | null | 148,791 | 8 |
46,613 | 46,614 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above | 1 | 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 | 60 | Other (please specify): | 500 to 999 employees | null | null | null | School | null | null | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | null | null | null | Other (write in): | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,614 | 46,615 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | 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 | 12 | Financial analyst or engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 1 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 1,100,000 | Yes | C#;C++;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL | C#;F#;Python;R | C#;Python;R | NA
Julia | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Pydantic | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;Doxygen;Markdown File;Wikis | Azure Devops;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unfavorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | 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;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Architecting and designing for simplicity and maintainability, and understanding how this relates to customer needs. | 171,073 | null |
46,615 | 46,616 | 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 | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 12 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 10,000 or more 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 | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 10 | India | INR Indian rupee | 4,500,000 | Yes | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;MATLAB;OCaml;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Mojo;Gleam | Ada;C;GDScript;Go;Java;Lisp;MicroPython;Perl;PHP;Rust;Zig | Ada | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Pocketbase | Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;InfluxDB;Microsoft Access;MySQL;Neo4J;Redis;Supabase;Amazon Redshift;Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;MSBuild;New Relic;Ninja;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;NuGet;Pacman;Podman;Poetry | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Blazor;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;Laravel;NestJS;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;Symfony;Axum | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Polars;hostinger;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;SwiftData;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens | null | Very good | Giod | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;Red Hat;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch;Fedora;NixOS | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;YouTrack | Coda;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Wikis | Jira;Miro | Good
Nice | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | Good
Nice | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;I haven’t encountered any problems | Very good | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Cybersecurity | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 | Fireproof;Milvus;LangMem | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);IBM watsonx.ai;OpenRouter;lyzr | null | Sentry;Vectra AI | null | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Auto-GPT;Bolt.new | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Software ai | 52,308 | null |
46,616 | 46,617 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 1,600,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly 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 | 167,714 | 9 |
46,617 | 46,618 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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 | 22 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 65,000 | Yes | JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | PHP;SQL | PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | null | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite;Yarn | Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Laravel;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Laravel;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | Confluence;Google Workspace | Confluence;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Carries too much security risk, users should know coding very well and its exploits. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | 88,492 | 6 |
46,618 | 46,619 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 4 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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46,619 | 46,620 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,620 | 46,621 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 25 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 108,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Fortran;GDScript;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | GDScript;Groovy;Java;SQL | GDScript;Groovy;Java;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle;SQLite | H2;PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | Apache Solr
Apache solr | Yes | APT;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Digital Ocean;Maven (build tool) | Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | Android Studio;Eclipse | Android Studio;Eclipse | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian | Windows;Red Hat | GitHub;Wikis | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | "vibe coding" is not legitimate development work for professional software developers. At most its a crutch for those that use it to shave off time in the initial stages of development. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 108,000 | 8 |
46,621 | 46,622 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 8 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | TZS Tanzanian shilling | 15,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;JavaScript;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Bun;Docker;npm;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | Ansible;Bun;Docker;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Ansible;Bun;Docker;npm;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm | Android Studio;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Clickup;GitHub;YouTrack | Clickup;GitHub;YouTrack | Clickup;GitHub;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Nope. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5,613 | 8 |
46,622 | 46,623 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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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46,623 | 46,624 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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) | 12 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 71,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Vertex AI | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 96,660 | 3 |
46,624 | 46,625 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 30 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 320,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery | BigQuery | BigQuery | Spanner
Spanner | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;React | null | null | Flutter
Flutter | Yes | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Software Engineering. | 320,000 | 7 |
46,625 | 46,626 | 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 | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;MSBuild;Ninja | null | null | Cmake
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | null | 160,000 | 7 |
46,626 | 46,627 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly) | 20 | 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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46,627 | 46,628 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | null | null | 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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46,628 | 46,629 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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46,629 | 46,630 | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 13 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | Less than 20 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 | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,630 | 46,631 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | null | Developer, mobile | 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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46,631 | 46,632 | 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 | null | null | null | 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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46,632 | 46,633 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 18 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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46,633 | 46,634 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | null | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Work | null | null | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,634 | 46,635 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 50 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 100 | Yes | Python;Rust | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Pip | Cargo | Cargo | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,635 | 46,636 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc);Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 5 | Algeria | USD United States dollar | 2,400 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Dart;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Xml
Xml | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | Astro;Express;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Trae;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Odoo;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Odoo;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Odoo;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | 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 | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes | 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. | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | Thinking outside of the box | 2,400 | 6 |
46,636 | 46,637 | 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.) | 17 | 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 | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | 40,800,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Django;jQuery;React | ASP.NET Core;React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitLab;Trello | GitLab;Jira | GitLab | Zentao
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Comprehension of the real world problem and analysis capabilities | 34,805 | 7 |
46,637 | 46,638 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | 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 | 16 | Other (please specify): | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 14 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 94 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Fortran;PowerShell;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;Rust | 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 | Polars | Polars | Polars | null | null | Windows | Windows;Red Hat | null | null | null | Excel
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, my company forbids use of AI tools. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Troubleshooting and problem solving. I wasn't hired to make tools I was hired to solve problems. | 94 | null |
46,638 | 46,639 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 12 | Other (please specify): | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
Well thought of usability | Poor usability
NA | Other: | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 4 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 680,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript;VBA | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript;VBA | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;SQLite | Microsoft Access;SQLite | Microsoft Access;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Ollama | Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Microsoft Planner;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Microsoft Planner;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Microsoft Planner;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | 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 | Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No it is not. I use AI as a form of solution search + examples. Like reading the documentation of a library but a lot easier as I can find directly the "section" I'm interested in reading. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions | Hard to say. Have no idea. | 71,279 | null |
46,639 | 46,640 | 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.) | 28 | 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;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 | 35 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 12 | Ireland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm | Prometheus | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Jira;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Full Stack Software Engineering | null | 7 |
46,640 | 46,641 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 37 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;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 | 40 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Insurance | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | COBOL;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;Prolog;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;Swift;TypeScript;Zig;Mojo;Gleam | null | 3
3 | Yes | IBM DB2;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;IBM Cloud;Splunk;Yandex Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Splunk | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;Axum | null | HATS
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio | Aider;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | Large Language Model | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);ChromeOS | Windows | Redmine | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;Substack | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per week | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | Writing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Non lo so | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Decision intelligence;IT operations;Customer service support | Vector databases for AI applications;Personalized agent creation | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Molto di più di adesso | 58,007 | 8 |
46,641 | 46,642 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Data or business analyst | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 4 | 2 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 80,000 | Yes | Python;R;SQL | Python;SQL | Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Homebrew | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | WordPress | Django | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm | Notepad++;PyCharm | NA
R studio copilot | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;MacOS | Airtable;GitHub | Airtable;GitLab | Airtable | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Generating content or synthetic data | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | yes, just started using Claude for that process | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics | Language processing | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | copilot, chatgpt, Claude | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | problem solving, understanding the data and identifying appropriate creative esolutions | 58,367 | 8 |
46,642 | 46,643 | 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 | Attending school (full-time) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,643 | 46,644 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,644 | 46,645 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 57 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Other (please specify): | 47 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | 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 | 4 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 260,000 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;React;WordPress | null | null | Joomla
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | I use AI selectively. It is an iterative process of refining the input request and focusing on the resulting code. The code is generally pretty close, around 80%-90% correct. It is improving as there is more code integrated into the AI data.
Misleading since new/amateur coders can't, or don't, understand how to correct mistakes in the code, or even know that there are mistakes in the code. Non-developers and novice development are not able to define the input ti AI properly. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Other Industry purpose (write in): | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | AI may help write the code, but an age-old problem is that users cannot provide accurate or complete descriptions of what they want, or even know alternate strategies to solve a problem. Unless a direct brain interface is created for users, developers will always have a job. | 260,000 | 7 |
46,645 | 46,646 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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46,646 | 46,647 | 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;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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
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46,647 | 46,648 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Games or coding challenges | 6 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Myanmar | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,648 | 46,649 | 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.) | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Developer, back-end | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 250,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;OCaml;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | C;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Clickhouse | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Cockroachdb | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Django;Phoenix;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Nano;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Neovim;Vim;VSCodium;Xcode | Neovim;Vim;VSCodium | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitLab;Google Workspace;Obsidian;Wikis | GitLab;Google Workspace;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | Sentry;Wiz | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 250,000 | 8 |
46,649 | 46,650 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 12 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | 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 | 12 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 67,000 | Yes | Java;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | Go;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Mojo;Gleam | Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;SQLite | Cosmos DB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase | MongoDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Poetry;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;React;Spring Boot | Deno;FastAPI;React;Svelte | FastAPI;React | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Nano;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | Joplin
Joplin | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | 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);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor 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 | 91,215 | 0 |
46,650 | 46,651 | 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 | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 12 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,651 | 46,652 | 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);Attending school (part-time) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify):;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 6 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,652 | 46,653 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 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) | 20 | Developer, front-end | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Media & Advertising Services | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 2 | null | Costa Rica | USD United States dollar | 85,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | Jira;Notion | Jira;Notion | NA
NA | YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | null | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Predictive analytics | 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;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | concentration, critical thinking, attention to detail | 85,000 | null |
46,653 | 46,654 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 23 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 28 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 10 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | NA
NA | null | APT;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | APT;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | ASP.NET;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Redmine;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | 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;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 8 |
46,654 | 46,655 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 14 | 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 | 22 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,655 | 46,656 | 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);Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 200,000 | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Swift | C++;PowerShell;Python;SQL | C++;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model;Ultralytics | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab;Jira;Miro;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;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 | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 54,580 | 8 |
46,656 | 46,657 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | null | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp | 30 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,657 | 46,658 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | null | Data engineer | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Direct messaging of users | Answer a question
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46,658 | 46,659 | 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) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | null | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,659 | 46,660 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 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) | 5 | Financial analyst or engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 30 | 5 | Philippines | 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 | Very favorable | null | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,660 | 46,661 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, 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) | 25 | Data or business analyst | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | null | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 79,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);SQL | PL/SQL
PL/SQL | Yes | MongoDB;Oracle;SQLite | MongoDB;Oracle;SQLite | MongoDB;Oracle;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 | Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per month or weekly | Videos | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 91,652 | null |
46,661 | 46,662 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 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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46,662 | 46,663 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,663 | 46,664 | 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 | 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 | 20 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
Good Quality Documentation | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 150,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | 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 monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Documenting code | 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 monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | null | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | null | null | null | 1,744 | null |
46,664 | 46,665 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 45 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 165,000 | Yes | C#;Erlang;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | Large Language Model | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS;Fedora | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | GitLab | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Github Copilot, MS Copilot
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | 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;Other (write in): | Yes, I use it to solve problems that I'm too lazy to write the code for. I also use it to write sample code for technologies or APIs that are new to me so that I can learn how to use the solution. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have 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. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Problem solving and design. | 165,000 | 8 |
46,665 | 46,666 | 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);Attending school (part-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 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) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | null | Yes | Ada;HTML/CSS;Python | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Ada;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Reddit;Dev.to;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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 | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Rarely | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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. | 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 | Providing something more human | null | null |
46,666 | 46,667 | 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 | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 3 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Romania | RON Romanian leu | 100,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Podman;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Podman;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Podman;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Discord;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;YouTube | Discord;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | null | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 22,975 | null |
46,667 | 46,668 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,668 | 46,669 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 40 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Manufacturing | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Docker;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Docker;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | CMake, vcpkg, Docker Compose
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;WebStorm | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;VSCodium;WebStorm | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;WebStorm | CLion
CLion, Goland, Eclipse Theia | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Sphinx, ReST
AsciiDoc | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Mastodon
Mastodon | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Not yet. I'm about testing it for Python and Web. Seems not yet ready for C/C++ code bases. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | JetBrains AI, Github Copilot, Google Gemini. Mistral AI | null | JetBrains AI, Github Copilot, Google Gemini. Mistral AI | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | JetBrains AI, Mistral AI | 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 | Review (AI) solutions, architecting at different levels, quality insurance, domain analysis | 92,812 | 5 |
46,669 | 46,670 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,670 | 46,671 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 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) | 1 | Data scientist | 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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46,671 | 46,672 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 42 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 75,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript | C#;JavaScript | C#;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Blazor | Blazor | Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS | Azure Devops | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | null | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 102,106 | 7 |
46,672 | 46,673 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 35 | 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 | 42 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | 10 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 145,000 | Yes | Java;Ruby;SQL | Java;Python;Ruby;Rust | Java;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Maven (build tool);Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Podman | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | RubyMine
RubyMine | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Only for special purposes like porting code from Python to Java. It helps me get started. | 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 security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Same skills that are valuable now will still be valuable in 5 years. Senior level dev jobs will still be around in 3-5 years, but it will become harder to break into this profession. Pity the fool who graduated from the "learn to code" bootcamps. Entry level developer jobs will be non-existent and AI-driven. I started in this business in 1986 when I graduated college, and the job market is more hyper-competitive than ever. Leetcode didn't exist back then as well as those damn pre-interview code assessments. If I get laid off just one more time, that's it. I'm retiring and not going back into that crazy circus of a job market. Employers want 20+ skills in job descriptions, then ghost you when you apply. I was out of work for 17 months during 2019-2021. Not going to go through that again and face all the age discrimination for someone like me in their 60s. | 145,000 | 6 |
46,673 | 46,674 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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 | 5 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,674 | 46,675 | 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) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 11 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 6 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 4,000 | Yes | TypeScript | Go;TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Predictive analytics | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Just mundane tasks like boilerplate code or tests | No, and I don't plan to | 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;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Complex problem solving, understanding and implementing business logic | 96 | 7 |
46,675 | 46,676 | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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);Books / Physical media | 43 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,676 | 46,677 | 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) | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 14 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 40,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | PHP;Python;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;MySQL | Elasticsearch;MongoDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Firebase;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool) | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Kubernetes;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Asana;Confluence;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving, requirements analysis | 2,106 | 8 |
46,677 | 46,678 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,678 | 46,679 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 18 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Media & Advertising Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 30 | 5 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Kotlin;TypeScript | Kotlin;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse;Amazon Redshift;Valkey | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Podman;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Podman;Prometheus | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;X;YouTube;Medium | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;X;YouTube;Medium | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 40,935 | null |
46,679 | 46,680 | 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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46,680 | 46,681 | I code primarily as a hobby | 55-64 years old | Other (please specify): | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 46 | Retired | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
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46,681 | 46,682 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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 | 17 | Project manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 25 | 12 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,682 | 46,683 | 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 | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 16 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 0 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | null | 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 | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | 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 | 7 |
46,683 | 46,684 | 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 | Books / Physical media;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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,684 | 46,685 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 19 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 4 | Guatemala | GTQ Guatemalan quetzal | 318,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 41,379 | 8 |
46,685 | 46,686 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 45 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 49 | Data engineer | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,686 | 46,687 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 32 | 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 | 39 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,687 | 46,688 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 3 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,688 | 46,689 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | null | null | Retail and Consumer Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 250,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Snowflake | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;Netlify;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Homebrew;Make;Netlify;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Homebrew;Make;Netlify;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite | fly.io
fly.io | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | FastAPI;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;uv | crewai, langchain, | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Documenting code;Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | system design, best practices, code correctness, code review, scalability | 250,000 | 7 |
46,689 | 46,690 | I am learning to code | 45-54 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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46,690 | 46,691 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,691 | 46,692 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Java;Kotlin;SQL | Kotlin;SQL | Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Splunk | Gradle;Kubernetes | Gradle;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
Ktor | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | All | null | 9 |
46,692 | 46,693 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 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
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 |
46,693 | 46,694 | 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.) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 10 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,694 | 46,695 | 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 | 22 | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 27 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 17 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 105,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;Lua;PowerShell | null | null | SIMPL
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;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. | 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 | null | 105,000 | null |
46,695 | 46,696 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 |
46,696 | 46,697 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 23 | 18 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 520,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | Snowflake;Supabase;Pocketbase | Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Netlify;New Relic;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Netlify;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Netlify;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Deno;Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning 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 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | 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 | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;Neo4j;GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | Llama Index;Ollama;Haystack | null | Sentry;Honeycomb;New Relic;Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Replit;v0.dev;Bolt.new | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Logic and deduction skill | 94,659 | 10 |
46,697 | 46,698 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media | 10 | System administrator | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 60 | Mexico | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MicroPython;Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | Letta | null | AutoGen (Microsoft) | null | Metero | null | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Herramientas simples para los servicios ciudadanos | null | null |
46,698 | 46,699 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
46,699 | 46,700 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | 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 | 8 | 2 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 1,100,000 | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 27,773 | 6 |
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