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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 50,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | pnpm | pnpm | pnpm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular | Angular;Next.js;React | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MySQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel | Laravel | Laravel | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
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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
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NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Collaboration and support from a team
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NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
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NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Capability to learn, communication skills | 30,164 | 8 |
46,905 | 46,906 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (full-time) | 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);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 | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 8 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 6 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 45,000 | Yes | Java;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL | Go;Java;Python;R;Rust;Scala;SQL | Java;Python;R;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | BigQuery;Cassandra;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
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NA | Yes | Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Google Colab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Google Colab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Kaggle;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Kaggle;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. I tested it in private projects, but I don't find it efficient. I would strongly discourage junior developer from starting in this direction. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | architecture, design, complex problem solving, collaboration, understanding business, decision making | 52,207 | 4 |
46,906 | 46,907 | 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 | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Data engineer | 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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46,907 | 46,908 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,908 | 46,909 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
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Flexibility with location and work hours | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 720,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Prometheus;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Prometheus;Vite;Yarn | Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Prometheus;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails;Svelte;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Testing, security, performance | 75,472 | 9 |
46,909 | 46,910 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 23 | 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 | 29 | Developer, game or graphics | 100 to 499 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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46,910 | 46,911 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
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46,911 | 46,912 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | 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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46,912 | 46,913 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Nepal | NPR Nepalese rupee | 12,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase | Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | 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 | 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 | Prompt engineer , implementing AI service into existing system | 87 | 10 |
46,913 | 46,914 | 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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46,914 | 46,915 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 4 | 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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46,915 | 46,916 | I am learning to code | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | 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);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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 2 | Support engineer or analyst | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 120,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database | Firebase Realtime Database;Amazon Redshift | Firebase Realtime Database | Firebase
NA | Yes | Firebase | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase | Firebase | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio | Android Studio | Android Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | Yes it is! AI does help me a lot tô solve bugs and stocks. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation;Robotics | null | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Fireproof | null | Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Galileo | null | AgentGPT | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | I believe in: insight, creation and inspiration. | 21,844 | null |
46,916 | 46,917 | 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);Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | DevOps engineer or professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,917 | 46,918 | 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 not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 2 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
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46,918 | 46,919 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 40 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 40 | 10 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 800,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Python;Rust | Python | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);NixOS | Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;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 | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | people skills, prompting, tooling, grasping | 83,857 | 8 |
46,919 | 46,920 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 20 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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 | 8 | 7 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 50,400 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal | Angular;Drupal;Node.js | Drupal | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | I always review the generated code and am not just vibing with it. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | '- Making the actual decision which generated code to use and how to integrate it
- Understanding a customer's wishes and plan the software according to it
- Knowing what might go wrong in the code and prevent it | 58,471 | 10 |
46,920 | 46,921 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | System administrator | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Uganda | UGX Ugandan shilling | 4,200,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | 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 | Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Writing code;Testing code | null | null | Project planning | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1,168 | null |
46,921 | 46,922 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,922 | 46,923 | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | DevOps engineer or professional | 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 | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 1,428,000 | Yes | JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Go;Rust;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;Pip | Kubernetes;Vite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Flask;Node.js | React;WordPress | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Fedora | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Confluence | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Cody | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 36,054 | null |
46,923 | 46,924 | 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.) | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 10 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 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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46,924 | 46,925 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,925 | 46,926 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,926 | 46,927 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 9 | Developer, front-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Media & Advertising Services | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | 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 | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, but I'm planning to introduce it more | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,927 | 46,928 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,928 | 46,929 | 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.) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 17 | DevOps engineer or professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 5 | 2 | Hungary | HUF Hungarian forint | 25,200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA | Go;Kotlin;Python;Rust | Python | V++,Y
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | Ansible;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Ansible;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Grafana,Sentry
Grafana,OpenTelemetry | null | AngularJS;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Vue.js;WordPress | FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;React | FastAPI;Flask;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cline and/or Roo;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cline and/or Roo;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics | null | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Definitely NO. Vibe coding is good for those who ask LLM, but it's a punishment for others (reviewer, sysop, user). I hate "vibe coding". | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Vertex AI;LangChain | null | Sentry;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Roo code (Roo-Cline);Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem-solving skills for complex issues. Detect bad generated code before executing it to be able to fine-tune the prompt. | 72,870 | 7 |
46,929 | 46,930 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts | 18 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,930 | 46,931 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 19 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 3 | Developer, QA or test | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 39,000 | Yes | C# | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | No | 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 | 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 | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 45,246 | 7 |
46,931 | 46,932 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,932 | 46,933 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | Other (please specify): | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Government | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Republic of Korea | KRW South Korean won | 2,000,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | 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 | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 1,470 | null |
46,933 | 46,934 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 25 | 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) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 12 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 50,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;MicroPython;Python;Rust | C;C++;Rust | C;C++;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Eclipse;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | Doxygen;GitLab;Markdown File | Doxygen;Markdown File | Doxygen;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Some thing to look into, Method has to be handled | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | YES, AI will anhance the developer | 7,776 | 8 |
46,934 | 46,935 | 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 | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 2 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,935 | 46,936 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | 13 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,936 | 46,937 | 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) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Banking/Financial Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MATLAB;Python;TypeScript | C#;Dart;Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;Spring Boot | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;LangGraph | c++23;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS;Ubuntu | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);X Grok models | openAI Image generating models | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per week | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Redis;supabase;pgvector;Pinecone | null | LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 7 |
46,937 | 46,938 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | Developer, mobile | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Remote | null | null | null | null | Other: | null | null | null | null | null | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 2,500,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | null | null | null | Swift
Swift swiftui | Yes | Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | 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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 63,120 | null |
46,938 | 46,939 | 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 | None of the above | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 3 | Other (please specify): | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Greece | EUR European Euro | 32,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Not sure/can't remember | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Other Industry purpose (write in): | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | null | null | 37,125 | null |
46,939 | 46,940 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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46,940 | 46,941 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | 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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46,941 | 46,942 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 10 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 12 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | APT;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Bolt;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab;Linear | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Job board | null | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | just to get started | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;supabase | null | CrewAI;Llama Index;Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain;Zapier;LangGraph | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity;Blackbox AI | rocket.new | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | thinking and evaluating | null | 6 |
46,942 | 46,943 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 33 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 13 | 9 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 220,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;npm;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Bun;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Vercel;Vite | Bun;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | React;Svelte;Symfony | Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | null | null | null | NA
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46,943 | 46,944 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | null | 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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46,944 | 46,945 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Other (please specify): | 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 (please specify): | 8 | Developer, QA or test | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 13 | India | INR Indian rupee | 350,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Python;Rust;SQL | Python;SQL | Fish
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Redis | DuckDB;Redis | DuckDB;Redis | Hadoop
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Pacman;Pip;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Pacman;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask | Django;FastAPI;Svelte | Django | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | NA
NA | Google Gemini;uv | Google Gemini;uv | Google Gemini;uv | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4,068 | null |
46,945 | 46,946 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 100,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Vite | Prometheus;Yarn | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Vue.js | null | null | CodeIgniter
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini | Large Language Model | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 123,993 | 8 |
46,946 | 46,947 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,947 | 46,948 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Data or business analyst | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | null | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 17,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | TinyDB
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Vue.js | null | null | Quasar Framework
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian | Windows;Debian | GitLab;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | 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 | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 19,722 | 7 |
46,948 | 46,949 | 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 | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | 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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46,949 | 46,950 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 135,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;TypeScript | C#;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Podman;Terraform | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman;Terraform | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | ASP.NET Core;React | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | Whimsical, Shortcut
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards | 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 | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 87,763 | 10 |
46,950 | 46,951 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 40 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 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 | null | null | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,951 | 46,952 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,952 | 46,953 | 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.) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 5 | Developer, mobile | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Swift | Java;Python;Swift | Swift | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch | MongoDB;Redis | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | FastAPI;React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Xcode | Cursor;Xcode | Cursor;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Asana;Confluence;Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Marketing | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | Google Gemini;Cody | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | No | null | 7 |
46,953 | 46,954 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | Data scientist | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Higher Education | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 1 | Ethiopia | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;MATLAB;PHP | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;MATLAB;PHP | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | no
no | Yes | null | null | null | no
no | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | no | no | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;ChromeOS | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Vibe coding is an approach to producing software by using artificial intelligence (AI), where a person describes a problem in a few natural language sentences as a prompt to a large language model (LLM) tuned for coding. The LLM generates software based on the description, shifting the programmer's role from manual coding to guiding, testing, and refining the AI-generated source code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | ChromaDB | Botpress LangChain CrewAI Microsoft Semantic Kernel LlamaIndex AutoGen OpenAI Agents SDK Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) UiPath Orchestrator IBM Watson Assistant Microsoft Bot Framework Google Dialogflow Orby AI SuperAGI | null | Botpress LangChain CrewAI | Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART) | Botpress LangChain CrewAI Microsoft Semantic Kernel LlamaIndex AutoGen OpenAI Agents SDK Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) UiPath Orchestrator IBM Watson Assistant Microsoft Bot Framework Google Dialogflow Orby AI SuperAGI | AgentGPT | Botpress LangChain CrewAI Microsoft Semantic Kernel LlamaIndex AutoGen OpenAI Agents SDK Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) UiPath Orchestrator IBM Watson Assistant Microsoft Bot Framework Google Dialogflow Orby AI SuperAGI | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Human Judgment and Critical Thinking,Data Literacy and Machine Learning Fundamentals,AI Tool Management and Quality Assurance | null | null |
46,954 | 46,955 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | System administrator | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 13 | 12 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 66,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;PowerShell;Python;Rust | Dart;Go;Python;Rust | Dart;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | Appwrite
Appwrite | Yes | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | uv
uv | Yes | Astro | null | null | Flutter
Flutter | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Zed | Zed | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Polars;Large Language Model;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Flutter | Flutter | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Pop!_OS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Codeberg
Codeberg | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | 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 | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking, Complex problem solving, Architecture design | 76,570 | 7 |
46,955 | 46,956 | 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 | 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, full-stack | 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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46,956 | 46,957 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,957 | 46,958 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 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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46,958 | 46,959 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 32 | System administrator | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 100 | 10 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | Helm
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;Node.js;Vue.js;Axum | null | null | Ntex, tokio, quasar, tailwind
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Ollama | Polars | null | null | null | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Project planning | 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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | Auto-GPT | null | When I want to compare different solutions | null | null | null |
46,959 | 46,960 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 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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46,960 | 46,961 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 8 | Data engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,961 | 46,962 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | Other (please specify): | I prefer not to say | null | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | null | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ghana | USD United States dollar | null | null | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | null | null | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Marketing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,962 | 46,963 | 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 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) | 11 | Product manager | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
popularity (easy access to answers online) | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 0 | France | EUR European Euro | 45,100 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | plantuml
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm | Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;NestJS;Node.js | Angular;NestJS;Node.js;Vue.js | Angular;NestJS;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Markdown File | Plantuml
Plantuml | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Prepare work for IA. Link between prime contractor and AI. | 52,323 | 9 |
46,963 | 46,964 | 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.) | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | null | null | 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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46,964 | 46,965 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 22 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,965 | 46,966 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp | 5 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,966 | 46,967 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | 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 | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 2,400,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | WebStorm | WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | Airtable;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | 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 | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Architecture, complex problem solving, figuring out all use/edge cases | 57,519 | 8 |
46,967 | 46,968 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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);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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 10 | Student | Less than 20 employees | null | In-person | No | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm;Pip;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Vite | Docker;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;PyCharm;VSCodium | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PyCharm;VSCodium | NA
NA | c++23;hostinger;Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Debian;Fedora;NixOS | Debian;Fedora;NixOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Latex, Typst
Latex, Typst | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No it is not. I am still rhinking my self and only partly generating code (mostly fixing typos or adding asserts) | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | null | MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I 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. | 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 | Complex thinking, putting large projects together, UI | null | null |
46,968 | 46,969 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 8 | India | INR Indian rupee | 900,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no
| Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10,462 | 8 |
46,969 | 46,970 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 27 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | 35 | Project manager | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 30 | 10 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make | Docker;Make | Docker;Make | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model | null | null | Android;Debian;Arch | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Understanding what are the actual (product or service) requirements provided to prompts as it could have a significant impact on the generated solution which the future developer might not understand. | null | null |
46,970 | 46,971 | 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);Attending school (full-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Nepal | NPR Nepalese rupee | 7,000 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 51 | 8 |
46,971 | 46,972 | 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);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 | 18 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 0 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 190,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | Other (write in): | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Open mind, solutions flexibility, team management, inventing of new solutions | 51,851 | 9 |
46,972 | 46,973 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 5 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 20,000 | Yes | JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;pnpm;Vercel;Webpack | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;pnpm;Vercel | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;pnpm;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I'm staring to try it, mostly for UI design | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Marketing | Multi-platform search enablement;MCP servers | 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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | Redis | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Auto-GPT;v0.dev;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Design products for new use cases, design experiences consistant with user needs, keep on improving from market feedbacks | 23,203 | null |
46,973 | 46,974 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,974 | 46,975 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 20 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | C#;C++;Java;Rust | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;Ninja;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Ninja;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Ninja;Pip | cmake
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Fedora | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | Being able to conceptualize design on an abstract level | 58,007 | 6 |
46,975 | 46,976 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Primary/elementary school | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 12 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 4 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | 180,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | Angular;React | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Windows | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | Project planning | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 25,071 | null |
46,976 | 46,977 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | null | Academic researcher | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,977 | 46,978 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,978 | 46,979 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,979 | 46,980 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 9 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;MATLAB;Python;Rust | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Helix
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitLab;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Writing save, reliable and readable Code. | 40,605 | 6 |
46,980 | 46,981 | 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);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 3 | Other (please specify): | 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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46,981 | 46,982 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,982 | 46,983 | 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.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,983 | 46,984 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,984 | 46,985 | 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 (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | School (i.e., University, College, etc);Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | Student | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
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46,985 | 46,986 | 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) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | null | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Fintech | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 11 | 4 | Philippines | MXN Mexican peso | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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46,986 | 46,987 | 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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46,987 | 46,988 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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);Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 8 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | NA
Carbon | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Make;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;jQuery;Node.js;React;Svelte | Astro;Deno;Fastify;Node.js;Svelte | Fastify;Node.js;Svelte | NA
Go-Chi | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no. what a shitty concept | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | Other specific task (write in): | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify):;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Knowing how to program | null | null |
46,988 | 46,989 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 19 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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46,989 | 46,990 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 20,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Drupal;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | 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 | 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 | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 505 | 3 |
46,990 | 46,991 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
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46,991 | 46,992 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
being simple (i.e. not bloated or subject to feature creep) | Other (please specify):
AI endorsement / AI-First philosophies | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 30 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust | Lisp;OCaml;Zig | null | Verilog, VHDL, Baabnq
Haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Direct messaging of users | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Vibe Coding is currently, and will probably for the near future, not be part of my professional development work. This is due to it's inefficiency, imprecision and the various security concerns. I also quite enjoy the development work which i do, so don't see any reason to replace this enjoy with the frustration of arguing against a LLM. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I do not believe that AI tools will have significant impact on the skills which are valuable to developers. | null | null |
46,992 | 46,993 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 12 | 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 | 9 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I 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
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Croatia | EUR European Euro | 45,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 52,207 | 7 |
46,993 | 46,994 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | null | 5 | 3 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | null | Digital Ocean;Prometheus;Yandex Cloud | Digital Ocean;Prometheus;Yandex Cloud | Digital Ocean;Prometheus;Yandex Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | NA
NA | null | Cursor;Sublime Text | Cursor;Sublime Text | Cursor;Sublime Text | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 7 |
46,994 | 46,995 | 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) | 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);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 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) | 19 | Developer, mobile | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Ansible;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Terraform | Ansible;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Astro;Laravel;NestJS | Astro | Astro | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;WebStorm;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm;Xcode | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;Debian | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;Debian | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Reasoning, Knowledge, Experience | 139,218 | 8 |
46,995 | 46,996 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | null | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | 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 |
46,996 | 46,997 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 175,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;Python;Swift;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;Python;Swift;TypeScript | Caché
Caché | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Pip | Docker;Homebrew;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | NA
NA | Large Language Model;SwiftData;RAG;visionOS | Large Language Model;SwiftData;RAG;visionOS | Large Language Model;SwiftData;RAG;visionOS | null | null | MacOS | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not yet | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I 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 | Soft skills and people skills. Identifying the right problems to solve. Building trust. | 175,000 | 8 |
46,997 | 46,998 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 13 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 2 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Banking/Financial Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | NA
NA | null | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 | null | Documenting code;Testing code | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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.;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: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 8 |
46,998 | 46,999 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | 6 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MATLAB;MicroPython;PHP;Python;R;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;Vercel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS | null | Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, it's not | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Customer service support | Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something | Deployments as ai can't do that yet, pipelines, designing best databases | null | 8 |
46,999 | 47,000 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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