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48,600 | 48,601 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp | 2 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | 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 | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Nomadic | USD United States dollar | 1 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;R;Ruby | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J | IBM DB2;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;Django;jQuery;Laravel;WordPress | AngularJS;Django;Drupal | AngularJS;Django | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;visionOS | SwiftData;uv | SwiftData | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;MacOS;Red Hat | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Microsoft Planner;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Twitch;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | 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 | 1 | null |
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
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NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | Angular;React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
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Clojure | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;npm;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Make;npm;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Make;npm;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | Django;Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;Vue.js | Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;PhpStorm;WebStorm | PhpStorm;WebStorm | PhpStorm;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Android | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | Confluence;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 52,000 | Yes | JavaScript;PHP;SQL | C#;JavaScript | JavaScript | css
css | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | React | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;Android | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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48,606 | 48,607 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,607 | 48,608 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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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48,608 | 48,609 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,609 | 48,610 | 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.) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 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) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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48,610 | 48,611 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 32 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 250,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Cybersecurity | MCP servers | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 340,354 | null |
48,611 | 48,612 | 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 | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 10 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Fintech | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | Ukraine | EUR European Euro | 4,700 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Symfony | Angular;Laravel;Node.js | Angular;Laravel;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5,453 | 9 |
48,612 | 48,613 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Fintech | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Estonia | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nuxt.js;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code | null | null | RubyMine
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Debian | null | GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Cybersecurity | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | Junie | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Understanding the whole picture and domain, asking correct questions and understanding what the code changes are affecting and how they are affecting. Critical thinking about edge cases. | null | 8 |
48,613 | 48,614 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | null | Data scientist | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Energy | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 185,000 | Yes | C;Lua;Python;Rust | Lua;Python;Rust | Lua;Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | uv | uv | uv | null | null | MacOS | Windows;MacOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Monday.com;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 134,973 | 6 |
48,614 | 48,615 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | null | 12 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,615 | 48,616 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 800,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Logic games/puzzles | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | s | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9,299 | 5 |
48,616 | 48,617 | 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 | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training | 18 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 145,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | Cassandra;Redis | Redis | Couchbase
Couchbase | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Pip;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Pip;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Pip;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Symfony | Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;React;Symfony | Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS;Debian | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | OpenAPI
OpenAPI | Stack Overflow;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
I don't have an account. | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Vibe coding is a meme and not a real thing. It's not possible to make real software using only AI prompts. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | AI tools will not become more capable. They will always hallucinate and get things wrong. Developers will always need coding skills and need to look at the documentation of tools they are using. | 105,790 | 9 |
48,617 | 48,618 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Data engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 80,280 | Yes | JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | SQL;TypeScript | SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase;Amazon Redshift | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | 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.) | 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 | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | The amount of human-to-human interaction necessary to solve industry problems. The ability to understand business processes, stakeholder requirements and complex issues is not something I see AI excelling at within this timeframe. | 93,137 | 10 |
48,618 | 48,619 | 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.) | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 130,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;InfluxDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | Mural
NA | Stack Overflow;Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Understanding of how code operates and what is and isn't efficient. Gathering requirements and feedback from users and incorporating it into solutions | 130,000 | null |
48,619 | 48,620 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Books / Physical media | 13 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
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48,620 | 48,621 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 6 | 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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48,621 | 48,622 | 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 | 37 | 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;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 37 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | null | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 7 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 50,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Rust;SQL | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;npm;pnpm | Cargo | Cargo | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Vue.js | Axum | null | warp
NA | Yes | VSCodium;Zed | VSCodium | VSCodium | Helix
NA | Google Gemini | RAG | null | null | candle | Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | partial | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Human knowledge | 50,000 | 8 |
48,622 | 48,623 | 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 | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 9 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | JavaScript;PHP;SQL | JavaScript | JavaScript | 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 | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | deployment | null | 9 |
48,623 | 48,624 | 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 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,624 | 48,625 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 3 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | 20 to 99 employees | null | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | China | NZD New Zealand dollar | null | null | C++ | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Deno | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | null | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per month or weekly | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 |
48,625 | 48,626 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 11 | 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);Other (please specify): | 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) | 10 | Support engineer or analyst | null | null | null | null | School | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 7 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,626 | 48,627 | 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 (10-19 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,627 | 48,628 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 22 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 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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48,628 | 48,629 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | 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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48,629 | 48,630 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not 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.) | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 12 | Other (please specify): | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Greece | EUR European Euro | 42,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 48,726 | null |
48,630 | 48,631 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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48,631 | 48,632 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 15 | AI/ML engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,632 | 48,633 | 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 | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | Georgia | GEL Georgian lari | 10,000 | Yes | C#;SQL | Rust;SQL | SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Axum | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Rider | Rider;RustRover;Zed | Rider | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | SurrealDB, Axum | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | Codebase
Jetbrains Youtrack | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | GitHub Copilot | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | optimization, system design, performance improvment | 3,676 | null |
48,633 | 48,634 | 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 | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp | 2 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,634 | 48,635 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | 4 | 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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48,635 | 48,636 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 14 | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | 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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48,636 | 48,637 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 36 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 40 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Chile | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Go;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;MariaDB;MongoDB | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MongoDB;SQLite | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm | uv
uv | Yes | Astro;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Astro;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Node.js;React;Axum | Astro;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Claude Code;Lovable.dev;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Bolt;Claude Code;Lovable.dev;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Bolt;Claude Code;Lovable.dev;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Documenting code;Testing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | Llama Index;Ollama;LangChain | null | Snyk | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;v0.dev;Bolt.new;Blackbox AI | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | programming principles, business knowledge, security | 120,000 | 10 |
48,637 | 48,638 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,638 | 48,639 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 15 | AI/ML engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 20 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | null | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | 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 | 160,000 | 1 |
48,639 | 48,640 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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48,640 | 48,641 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
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48,641 | 48,642 | 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 | 2 | 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 | Developer, front-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,642 | 48,643 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 3 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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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48,643 | 48,644 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,644 | 48,645 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 21 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 26 | 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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48,645 | 48,646 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 10 | Data or business analyst | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;Delphi;PowerShell;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | Databricks SQL;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | Databricks SQL;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;IBM Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Yandex Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery;WordPress | ASP.NET;jQuery;WordPress | ASP.NET;jQuery;WordPress | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great 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 | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | ChromaDB | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Honeycomb;Wiz | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT | null | When I want to fully understand something | null | null | null |
48,646 | 48,647 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 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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48,647 | 48,648 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 26 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,648 | 48,649 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 7 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 68,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | Windows | GitHub;Jira;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 68,000 | 8 |
48,649 | 48,650 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | DevOps engineer or professional | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 2 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 80,000 | Yes | Python | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitLab | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Daily or almost daily | 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 | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 52,007 | null |
48,650 | 48,651 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 10 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Saudi Arabia | SAR Saudi Arabian riyal | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Writing code | null | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | 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 |
48,651 | 48,652 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media | 7 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
Rsult kode pertanggal dan waktu | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Ghana | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 15,000,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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48,652 | 48,653 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., 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 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) | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 140,000 | Yes | Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | ExtJS
ExtJS | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Delphi 12+ Athens | Large Language Model;RAG;Delphi 12+ Athens | Large Language Model;Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Obsidian | Obsidian | Obsidian | Fogbugz, TickTick
Fogbugz, TickTick | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes for specific small tasks like VS Code Plugins | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Marketing | MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Tabnine | 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 | software architecture | 162,421 | 8 |
48,653 | 48,654 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Books / Physical media;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);Other (please specify): | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,654 | 48,655 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Data scientist | 100 to 499 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 | Ethical concerns
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 23 | 17 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 56,680 | Yes | Python;Rust;SQL | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip | Cargo | Cargo | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Node.js;Axum | Axum | Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Neovim | Claude Code;Neovim | Claude Code;Neovim | NA
NA | Polars;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Polars;Google Gemini;uv | Polars;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | Arch | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Architectural knowledge of how to structure and scale applications will remain a premium skill set. There will likely remain a large demand for human developers to bring prompt engineering "the last mile" to create a finished product for user consumption. | 56,680 | 8 |
48,655 | 48,656 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,656 | 48,657 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 9 | 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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48,657 | 48,658 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | 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 | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Banking/Financial Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | 350,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
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48,658 | 48,659 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 30 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,659 | 48,660 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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;Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 25 | DevOps engineer or professional | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,660 | 48,661 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 6 | Other (please specify): | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
Just wanted AI to be last | Prohibitive pricing
ai | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | C#;Java;Rust;TypeScript | C#;Java;TypeScript | NA
pinecone, dreamberd, gulfofmexico | Yes | MongoDB | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;npm;NuGet;Webpack | Docker;npm;NuGet;Webpack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;Fedora;ChromeOS | Windows | null | null | null | 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 | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
I just use it to read questions and answers. Every other option is equally irrelevant | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify):;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Not using AI | null | null |
48,661 | 48,662 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 17 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,662 | 48,663 | I am learning to code | 35-44 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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48,663 | 48,664 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | Peru | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | Elixir | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vite;Yarn | Heroku | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitLab | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Hacker News | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Code reviewing, requirement analysis, understanding documentation and team work. | 100,000 | 9 |
48,664 | 48,665 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 29 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 140,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;TypeScript | JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb | Dynamodb | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | Ability to 5x or 10x your output using AI. Unfortunately I feel AI benefits experienced developers more than beginners as experience developers know which questions to ask and how to challenge the AI's answers to get better answers. | 102,142 | 9 |
48,665 | 48,666 | 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 | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Blogs or podcasts | 22 | Other (please specify): | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 150,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | Smalltalk
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | VOSS
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | Ansible;Bun;Prometheus | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Symfony | Deno;Django | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;X;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | null | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, vibe engineering is the correct term, because you get shit if you dont describe the requirements clear enough. You get nice results, if you describe clear parts what you want to have in the product with which technology stakc and which feature | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Customer service support | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Vertex AI;Ollama;LangChain | null | Sentry;Langfuse | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Strategic decisions, | 174,022 | 10 |
48,666 | 48,667 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 12 | 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 | 6 | Project manager | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,667 | 48,668 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 34 | 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 | 40 | Data scientist | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | It leads me to directions that 10 minutes on stack overflow would do, but instantly. It helps me guide my own research, but doesn't replace true knowledge as found on sources such as stack overflow. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | understanding of the business problems. AI cannot understand true context. There always needs a storyteller.
| 127,616 | 7 |
48,668 | 48,669 | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 17 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,669 | 48,670 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 5 | Product manager | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Manufacturing | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 2,000,000 | Yes | Assembly;C++;Delphi;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Python;SQL;TypeScript | Python;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Django;jQuery;Node.js;React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Ubuntu | Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Multiple times per day | Chat (bot/AI) | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code | Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics | Project planning | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing;Robotics;Cybersecurity | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | null | When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 47,932 | null |
48,670 | 48,671 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Coding Bootcamp;Other (please specify): | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | 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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48,671 | 48,672 | 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 | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
dependency risk | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | null | Latvia | CAD Canadian dollar | 78,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | jQuery;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | jQuery;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Nano | Nano | Nano | Pulsar
Pulsar | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Other (write in): | I've done vibe coding a little bit, but only with significant guidance and oversight, as well as manual revision and correction. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Customer service support;Cybersecurity | Language processing | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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 | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 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 | All the higher-order skills like planning, abstract decision making, communication, problem solving, understanding user needs, etc. will remain relevant. | 56,908 | 7 |
48,672 | 48,673 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 25 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | null | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | 735,000 | 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 | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;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 | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | Ollama;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | null | null | 216,195 | 8 |
48,673 | 48,674 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | 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 | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,674 | 48,675 | 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 | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Neo4J | DuckDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | Neo4J | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Heroku;Netlify;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;npm;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Node.js | Angular;NestJS;Node.js | Angular;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Bluesky;X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no, rather AI only creates the first draft, which is then iterated on manually or with LLM used on specific parts | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | defining goals based on business requirements, overseeing the process and results | null | 8 |
48,675 | 48,676 | 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.) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 165,000 | Yes | Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;Python | Elixir;Python;Mojo;Gleam | Elixir;Python | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm | https://github.com/astral-sh/uv
https://github.com/astral-sh/uv | Yes | Django;Flask;React | Django;Flask | Django;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | NA
NA | uv | uv | uv | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 165,000 | 9 |
48,676 | 48,677 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
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48,677 | 48,678 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,678 | 48,679 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Academic researcher | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Kotlin;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | APT;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | KVision
KVision | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem understanding, project management, and engaging with other people/teams | 87,011 | 7 |
48,679 | 48,680 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 20 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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48,680 | 48,681 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;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;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 900 | null | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | null | null | NA
NA | null | IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;NestJS;Node.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Microsoft Planner | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 900 | 7 |
48,681 | 48,682 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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48,682 | 48,683 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 6 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry | Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Pacman;Podman | Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Pacman;Podman | uv, nix
uv, nix | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js;Axum | FastAPI;Node.js;Axum | FastAPI;Node.js;Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | Large Language Model;uv | Large Language Model;uv | null | null | NixOS | NixOS | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | null | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | It is not. I only use AI to assist and help solve problems, but I am always the one in control. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 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 | I don't think AI tools make any skills less valuable | 75,000 | 8 |
48,683 | 48,684 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 7 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
48,684 | 48,685 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Financial analyst or engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Energy | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Python;R;SQL | Python;R;SQL | Python;R;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Snowflake | Microsoft SQL Server;Snowflake | Microsoft SQL Server;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | RStudio
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Confluence;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, definitely | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | sometimes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | null | null | null | 150,000 | null |
48,685 | 48,686 | 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);Books / Physical media;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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48,686 | 48,687 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | 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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48,687 | 48,688 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 9 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 2 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 2,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Erlang;F#;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;SQL | Haskell
Haskell | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;MSBuild;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;MSBuild;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;MSBuild;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
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NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I don’t use it | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | Attitude, commitment, conciseness, intuition, creativity | 59,916 | 5 |
48,688 | 48,689 | 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 | 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);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 | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 8 | India | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;Python | Go | Go | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | Cassandra;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | FastAPI;Next.js;React | React | NA
gomux | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | idk maybe unique UI | null | null |
48,689 | 48,690 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 7 | Other (please specify): | Less than 20 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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48,690 | 48,691 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 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);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 36 | 15 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 230,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Fastify;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Fastify;Node.js;React | Fastify;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Zed | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Sublime Text;WebStorm | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Sublime Text;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian;ChromeOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | 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 weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No it is not. I tried this once to write a slack bot from scratch and then to write a suite of unit tests. It failed miserably at both. It did seem to get closer with JavaScript, but with the unit tests, it never could figure out what it had done wrong. I wasted an entire day trying to get it to figure it out and fix the issues, but it just kept creating new ones or hallucinating solutions that were either not syntactically correct, referenced code that didn't work, or didn't think that there was an answer given the constraints I had provided it with. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | All of the skills that exist today. AI tools do and will continue to help us to be more productive as developers in many different ways, but the end goals and skills required to attain those goals as software developers remains the same. I honestly don't see AI ever completely replacing human software developers, at least not any time soon. They are not good at really complex tasks and at some point, AI will need more data to train upon to progress. There will always be a need for humans to write software of some sort even as we automate more and more parts of it. Just like we no longer write machine code and very few of us actually write assembly, we are still solving similar problems with a need for the same problem solving skills, we just use higher level means to accomplish that. | 230,000 | 10 |
48,691 | 48,692 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 37 | 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 | 44 | System administrator | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;Perl;Python;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);Pip;Prometheus | Prometheus | Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Notepad++;PyCharm | Eclipse;Notepad++ | Eclipse;Notepad++ | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | 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 | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | Grok | 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 | Communication skills. Critical thinking skills. | null | null |
48,692 | 48,693 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 23 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 220,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very 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 | 160,508 | 6 |
48,693 | 48,694 | 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) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 13,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2,366 | 7 |
48,694 | 48,695 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | 14 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 195,600 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | Databricks SQL;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Databricks SQL;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Terraform;Vite | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Express;Node.js;React | Angular;ASP.NET;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | ASP.NET;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | Azure Devops;Notion | Azure Devops;Notion | Azure Devops;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, vibe coding isn't part of my professional development work | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 35,606 | 9 |
48,695 | 48,696 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 30 | Developer, QA or test | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 160,000 | 4 |
48,696 | 48,697 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 5 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 2 | Data scientist | null | null | null | null | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 8 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
48,697 | 48,698 | 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 | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 5 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
48,698 | 48,699 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;Python;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;Lisp;OCaml;Python;R;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | Nushell, Typst, Haskell
Nushell, Typst, WASM, Haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make | Docker;Homebrew;Make | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;WordPress | Astro;Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio;Zed | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Xcode | Neovim;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;RAG | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS;NixOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | 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;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not at all. | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Assume AI becomes super informed and intelligent on current internet knowledge and past textual data, the unique perspective each of us, especially those holding traditionally unexpressed and misrepresented views, will be the most valuable in leading us forward as human beings benefiting from AI or tech in general, not as disposable and replaced tools. | null | null |
48,699 | 48,700 | 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);Attending school (part-time) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 6 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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