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NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | South Korea | KRW South Korean won | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Pocketbase | BigQuery;SQLite;Pocketbase | Pocketbase | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Cloudflare;Gradle;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Bun;Cloudflare;Netlify;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Bun;Cloudflare;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Scoop
Scoop | Yes | Astro;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte | Astro;React;Svelte | Astro;React;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf;Zed | Windsurf;Zed | Windsurf;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Android | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | null | Yes | Java;JavaScript | JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Yarn | APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | React | Fastify;NestJS;React;Spring Boot | React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab | Clickup;GitHub | Clickup;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 500,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Cockroachdb | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL;Cockroachdb | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Splunk;Terraform;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;NuGet;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;NuGet;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Lovable.dev;Notepad++;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 15 | Kenya | KES Kenyan shilling | 2,250,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Pocketbase | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf;Zed | Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iPadOS | MacOS | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes, but not automated tools like cursor. I mostly use Claude chat or Zed text threads because I feel more in control | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | In depth knowledge. AI generated code need to be understood to ascertain safety and correctness. | 17,415 | 8 |
5,904 | 5,905 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | 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;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 | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C++;MATLAB;Python | C++;Python;Rust;SQL | C++;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes, "vibe coding" has been part of most of my development work on projects that I contributed to as a student. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Robotics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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. | null | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
5,905 | 5,906 | I am 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 | None of the above | 30 | 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 | 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 | 44 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 400,000 | Yes | Elixir;JavaScript;Ruby | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;npm | null | null | fly.io
NA | Yes | Phoenix;Ruby on Rails | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Zed | Claude Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Jira;Linear;Trello | Linear | Linear | NA
NA | Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | Hacker News;Bluesky | Hacker News;Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes, for prototypes or one-off tools | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | GitHub MCP Server | Claude Code (assuming this is what you mean?) | LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | ability to model business processes | 400,000 | 8 |
5,906 | 5,907 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | South Korea | KRW South Korean won | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Lisp;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Elixir;HTML/CSS;Lisp;Lua;OCaml;Ruby;Rust;SQL;Swift;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Lisp;Lua;Rust | janet
janet | Yes | Oracle | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | NA
turso | Yes | APT;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm;Pip;Vite | Bun;Cargo;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Vite | Bun;Cargo;Homebrew;Make;Vite | nix
nix | Yes | Astro;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Axum | Ruby on Rails;Svelte;Axum | Axum | htmx
htmx | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Xcode;Zed | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS;NixOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;NixOS | GitHub | null | null | NA
tangled.sh | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
local | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | Developers are humans. We value what we make. We care what tools/technologies we use for our project and we care how would people use it.
There are many developers who don't really care about what they make, so they will be easily replaced with LLMs.
But some fraction of developers, people who make something because they love to, people who make something because they really, really need that will be more valuable than ever.
I think this is what stack overflow should focus more in the era of AI.
There are still people who really care about what they make and how they make.
Stack overflow is a good place to ask for various *opinionated* answers from people who really care about these technologies.
Also, with current AI, it is really poor at undocumented / unpopular (cutting-edge) technologies.
And there are developers who are serious about those.
When I want to hear from professionals of that specific area. I'll rather ask to humans really working on that, rather than AI with general knowledge (even with the fact that they can deep-search about that unknown category) | null | null |
5,907 | 5,908 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);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 | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Phoenix;React;Vue.js | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Phoenix;React;Vue.js | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Phoenix;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Coda;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes and No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Business process automation | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | Haystack | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Basics, deep understanding of internals, performance optimisation, architecting, designing for scalability | null | 1 |
5,908 | 5,909 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 6 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 7 | Bangladesh | BDT Bangladeshi taka | 800,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip;Railway;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask | Django;FastAPI;Flask | Django;FastAPI;Flask | NA
Gin, Echo | Yes | Bolt;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Pop!_OS | Pop!_OS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Amazon Titan models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Amazon Titan models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning | Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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 collaboration within my team. | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Tabnine;Bolt.new | 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 | Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking: AI can generate code, but understanding the problem deeply and designing effective, efficient solutions will still require human insight. | 6,545 | 8 |
5,909 | 5,910 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 30 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Poland | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;v0.dev;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 116,015 | 4 |
5,910 | 5,911 | 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) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 13 | Developer, mobile | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 45 | Yes | Swift | Java | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | hostinger | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | Neutral | About half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 1 | 0 |
5,911 | 5,912 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);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 | 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) | 10 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | India | INR Indian rupee | 400,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;Kotlin | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;Supabase | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | GitHub;Google Colab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | problem solving | 4,650 | 0 |
5,912 | 5,913 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 20 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 4,000,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Elixir;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL | Elixir;GDScript;Go;Lisp;Ruby;Rust;Swift;Zig | Elixir;Go;Lisp;Ruby;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;DuckDB;Dynamodb;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Podman;Poetry | Cargo;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Terraform | Cargo;Homebrew;Podman | rpm, mise
rpm, mise | Yes | Deno;FastAPI;Node.js;Phoenix;Svelte | Phoenix;Svelte | Phoenix;Svelte | Liveview
Liveview | Yes | Claude Code;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;Zed | Neovim;Zed | Helix
NA | null | null | null | null | null | iPadOS | MacOS;Fedora | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, i prefer to use it as a pair programmer to discuss it with. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | null | MCP servers | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | pgvector | null | Vertex AI;Ollama;LangChain | null | null | Selfmade Phoenix Dashboard | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Replit | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding of the concepts of the field | 46,496 | 7 |
5,913 | 5,914 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 17 | 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 | 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 | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 50 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Elixir;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Python;Rust;Scala;SQL;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
Crystal, Frege, Clojure, Flix, Koka, Prolog | Yes | DuckDB;Dynamodb;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Webpack;Yarn | Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Spring (not Boot)
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | uv | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Direct messaging of users;Job board | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Thinking. Deciding. Taking responsibility. | null | 9 |
5,914 | 5,915 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;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 | 3 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 240,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | null | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per week | Coding challenges | null | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Marketing | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Software architecture | 2,790 | null |
5,915 | 5,916 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Primary/elementary school | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | null | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Thailand | THB Thai baht | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;MicroPython;Python | C;C++;Lua;MicroPython;Python | C;C++;Lua;MicroPython;Python | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MongoDB;Redis | InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | InfluxDB;MongoDB;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | npm;Pip | APT;Bun;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;Yarn | npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Flask;Node.js | Angular;AngularJS;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js | Express;Flask;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Xcode | Android Studio;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini;Ollama | hostinger | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Pop!_OS | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab;Jira | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Robotics | Language processing | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 | Redis | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I want to compare different solutions | null | null | null |
5,916 | 5,917 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | null | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | null | Lithuania | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Java;Kotlin | Kotlin | Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;Android | Jira;Trello | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 8 |
5,917 | 5,918 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 8 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Other (please specify):
Contains AI or AI agents | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 6 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 70,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | C#;F#;Fortran;Go;HTML/CSS;Rust | C#;HTML/CSS;Rust | glsl, slang, spir-v
slang, spir-v | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;NuGet;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;NuGet;pnpm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;NuGet;pnpm | dynatrace, sumologic, Apollo GraphQL, Azure API Managemnt
dynatrace, sumologic, Apollo GraphQL | Yes | ASP.NET;Fastify;Node.js;React;Axum | Axum | Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Confluence;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Confluence;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Humanity, passion, compassion. | 42,165 | 9 |
5,918 | 5,919 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 20 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 21 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 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 substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 5 | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | 2,520,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Lua;MicroPython;OCaml;Rust;Scala;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Scala | Bash/Shell (all shells);Scala | haskell
haskell | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Pip | Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Pacman | Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Pacman | sbt
sbt | Yes | Next.js | Next.js | Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian;Arch | Arch | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos | 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 | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | No. Sometimes Code generated by AI has low quality, (specially for complex problems) | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Tabnine;Perplexity;Cody | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding the context
| 59,822 | 9 |
5,919 | 5,920 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 11 | Student | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | Nix
Nix | Yes | Supabase | SQLite;Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Make;npm;Pacman;Supabase;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;npm;Pacman;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Nuxt.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Deno;Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | null | null | Arch;NixOS | Arch | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Job board | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | The ability to deeply understand the concepts that motivate coding decisions will become immensely valuable as it has already become popular to sacrifice understanding for a temporary velocity increase. Engineers with deep knowledge, unlike AI, are able to solve problems that haven't been solved before and will seem like demigods to "engineers" who spend their time trying to get AI to write code that works. | null | null |
5,920 | 5,921 | 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) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 13 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Security | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 112,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Groovy;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Scala | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Java;JavaScript | NA
Haskell | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;H2;IBM DB2;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Make | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | Airtable;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Documenting code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | System design, test design and security | 112,000 | 7 |
5,921 | 5,922 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 4 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | JavaScript;Python | JavaScript;Python;Rust | JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | null | Claude Code;Lovable.dev | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | null | null | null | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Data and analytics | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
5,922 | 5,923 | 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.) | 13 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 24 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | Yes | C#;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Vite | Docker;Kubernetes | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Markdown File | Confluence | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 8 |
5,923 | 5,924 | 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 | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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) | 18 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 4 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;Ruby | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Go;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Go | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Pacman;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Pacman;Terraform | NA
nix | Yes | Ruby on Rails | null | null | echo
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Perplexity Sonar models | Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | I would not describe my use of AI at work as "vibe coding". I primarily use AI for planning, searching, and summarizing. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | I think defining and clearly communicating project requirements will remain (if not grow more) valuable. I also foresee humans continuing to lead research in software development. | null | 6 |
5,924 | 5,925 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 3 | System administrator | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
No LLM was involved | Other (please specify):
AI | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 14 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lua | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lua | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lua | Nim
Nim | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | Codeberg
Codeberg | Discord;Hacker News | Hacker News | Hacker News | Nim Forum, Lemmy
Nim Forum, Lemmy | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Vibe coding is impossible for any non-trivial task. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 | Using your own head first, then trying external resources. | null | null |
5,925 | 5,926 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 3,735,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis;YouTrack | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis;YouTrack | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);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 | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 89,514 | 5 |
5,926 | 5,927 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | null | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | null | Bangladesh | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Groovy;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Groovy;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Groovy;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | null | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Firebase;Heroku;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Firebase;Heroku;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite | Composer;Firebase;Heroku;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;jQuery;Laravel;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Express;Laravel;Vue.js | Laravel;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | null | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Daily or almost daily | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, vibe coding is a not a part of my development work | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | 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 | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Yes, I think so. | null | 6 |
5,927 | 5,928 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 4 | 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;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 | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 60,000 | Yes | Go;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;Zig | Go | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Cockroachdb | SQLite;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Homebrew;Make;npm;Supabase;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Railway;Supabase | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Homebrew;Make;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;NestJS;Next.js | Next.js | Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Zed | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | I don't use Stack Overflow | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning | Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | It is not | 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. | 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 | When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 60,000 | 8 |
5,928 | 5,929 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges | 12 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Python;Rust | C;C++;Python;Rust | C;C++;Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Ninja;Pacman;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | c++23;Google Gemini;Ollama;visionOS | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 92,812 | 10 |
5,929 | 5,930 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 186,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;Ruby;SQL;Zig;Gleam | Elixir;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Databricks SQL;DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make | Hex
Hex | Yes | Phoenix;Ruby on Rails | Phoenix;Ruby on Rails | Phoenix;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Vim | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Vim | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Vim | Livebook
Livebook | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Substack | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Substack | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Customer service support | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | GitHub MCP Server;pgvector | Jido | Ollama | Jido | Sentry | Datadog | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Glean (Enterprise Agents);Perplexity | Cursor, goose | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Software Design, Distributed Systems design | 186,000 | 5 |
5,930 | 5,931 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Republic of Korea | KRW South Korean won | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Supabase;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | null | null | 4 |
5,931 | 5,932 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 16 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | 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 | 20 | 10 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Doxygen;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | Documenting code | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Planning and managing | null | 10 |
5,932 | 5,933 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 18 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
High-quality documentation | Ethical concerns
AI Integration | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 15 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Lua;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Lua;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Valkey | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Poetry | Ansible;Cargo;Cloudflare;Pacman;Poetry;Terraform | Cargo;Cloudflare;Pacman;Poetry | paru, cmake, dnf, flatpak,
paru | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Arch;NixOS | null | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
Everything below this line is utterly useless to me | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | 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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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: | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | The ability to code. When the AI finance bubble collapses, and the enormous cost of training new models is no longer appealing to shit-for-brains investors, we'll all have to go back to coding anyway. | null | null |
5,933 | 5,934 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, front-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 135,000 | Yes | JavaScript;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;npm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | OpenRouter | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Roo code (Roo-Cline) | 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 | debugging | 135,000 | 3 |
5,934 | 5,935 | 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.) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 22 | Developer, front-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Energy | You like your manager
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 88,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C# | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Composer;Docker;npm;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Laravel;Node.js;Nuxt.js | ASP.NET Core | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | null | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 119,805 | 7 |
5,935 | 5,936 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 13 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 110,000 | Yes | Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Lua;OCaml;Ruby;Rust;Gleam | Lua;Ruby;Rust | Crystal
Crystal | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo | Cargo | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | null | null | Sinatra
NA | Yes | Aider;Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;Pop!_OS | MacOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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 | Ollama | null | Sentry;Grafana + Prometheus | null | Claude Code | null | null | Reviewing code and being able to deeply understand a problem. | 149,756 | null |
5,936 | 5,937 | 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.);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 4,000,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Databricks SQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Yarn | Datadog;Digital Ocean;Prometheus;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js | Blazor;Express;FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Nano;PyCharm | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Jira;Microsoft Planner;Monday.com | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Kaggle | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | null | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes, we are able to generate comple working module using AI | 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;Cybersecurity | MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | Snyk | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Prompt Engineering, Security & Privacy Engineering,System Design & Architecture Thinking | 46,496 | 5 |
5,937 | 5,938 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 40 | Other (please specify): | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Media & Advertising Services | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Estonia | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;VBA | Assembly;C;C#;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript;VBA | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;VBA | NA
NA | null | SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Flask | Angular;AngularJS;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Angular;AngularJS;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Bolt;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or 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;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 | 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 | 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 | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | money | null | null |
5,938 | 5,939 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | India | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Elixir;Erlang;Go;Java;Kotlin;Lisp;OCaml;Rust;TypeScript;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;pnpm;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;pnpm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;Node.js;Svelte;Axum | Angular;Deno;Svelte;Axum | Deno;Svelte;Axum | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora;NixOS | GitHub;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | Not at all | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Basic problem solving and the like; I don't believe those can be *entirely* replaced. | null | null |
5,939 | 5,940 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | 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) | 22 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 983,610 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Swift;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 103,104 | 10 |
5,940 | 5,941 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 2 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | null | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Composer;npm;NuGet | Docker;npm;NuGet;Podman | npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Express | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;Express;React | Express | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++ | Neovim;Notepad++ | Neovim;Notepad++ | NA
NA | Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub;Markdown File | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
5,941 | 5,942 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Prolog;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Go;Kotlin;Lua;Rust;Zig;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Dart;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | APT;Bun;Cargo;Google Cloud;Gradle;Ninja;Pacman;Podman;Vercel | APT;Bun;Cargo;Gradle;Ninja;Pacman;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Next.js;React | Next.js;React;Vue.js | Next.js;React | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Zed | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Android;Arch;Fedora;NixOS | Ubuntu;Android;Arch;Red Hat | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Clickup;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Clickup;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Business stuff and critical thinking | null | 8 |
5,942 | 5,943 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 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);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 15 | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MATLAB;Perl;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;Kotlin;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;H2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Netlify;New Relic;Pip;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Pip | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Pip | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim | NA
NA | Ollama | Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Nope | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | problem solving | 17,436 | 0 |
5,943 | 5,944 | I am 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 | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 35 | 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) | 40 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | mORMot
mORMot | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Odoo;Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | Windows;MacOS;Android | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | No idea | 69,609 | 10 |
5,944 | 5,945 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | SQLite | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET | null | null | Solidjs
Solidjs | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad 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;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | 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.;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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 | Genuine understanding of software development principles, of how and why the code works, leading to increased accuracy | 100,000 | 8 |
5,945 | 5,946 | 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 | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 18 | Project manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Manufacturing | 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 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Delphi | C++;Delphi | Delphi | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Delphi 12+ Athens | Google Gemini;Delphi 12+ Athens | Google Gemini;Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 9 |
5,946 | 5,947 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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);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;Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 6 | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | 60,000,000 | Yes | JavaScript;TypeScript | JavaScript;TypeScript | JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Docker;npm;Yarn | Docker;npm;pnpm;Yarn | Docker;npm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | AngularJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | AngularJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Trae;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Trae;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Trae;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | Trello | Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Other (write in):
just get my answer | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no, i just try to finish my jobs faster with ai. its not related to definition of vibe coding | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | problem solving | 1,424 | 8 |
5,947 | 5,948 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;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 | 11 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;GDScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Elixir;Erlang;Kotlin;OCaml;Rust;Scala | Rust | Verilog, SystemVerilog
SystemVerilog, SpinalHDL, Chisel, Odin | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | PostgreSQL;Valkey | PostgreSQL;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Ninja;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Cargo;Cloudflare;Ninja;Pacman;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Cargo;Cloudflare;Ninja;Pacman;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | c++23;Ollama | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Arch | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Substack | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Not really, maybe for brute-force debugging complex C++ issues | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Everything, the AI bubble is hype | null | 6 |
5,948 | 5,949 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
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 | 5 | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Delphi;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Delphi;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Delphi;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;MSBuild;Prometheus;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;MSBuild;Prometheus;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;MSBuild;Prometheus;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Vue.js | Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, but I plan to | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | 8 |
5,949 | 5,950 | 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.) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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;Books / Physical media | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 40 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Rust;TypeScript | Rust;TypeScript | NA
Haskell | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Prometheus;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes | NA
Bazel | Yes | Node.js;React;Svelte;Axum | Node.js;React;Axum | Node.js;React;Axum | Redux
Redux | Yes | Vim | Vim | Vim | Helix
Helix | Polars;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;uv | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;NixOS | GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | matrix
matrix | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | null | Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;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 | Architecting solutions, coming up with creative ideas for solutions, product ideas and feature implementation ideas, accurately diagnosing and describing problems or feature desires, anticipating useful features before requested, understanding maintainable code, making tech debt decisions, prioritizing features, making maintainability decisions, identifying quality libraries and tools | 140,000 | 9 |
5,950 | 5,951 | 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) | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 300,000 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | React, Next and Node
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | 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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Android | GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams | 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 | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Tabnine;Blackbox AI | null | null | Business logics | 3,487 | 7 |
5,951 | 5,952 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 2,350,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Redis;Pocketbase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | null | 27,316 | 8 |
5,952 | 5,953 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Support engineer or analyst | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 1,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Rust;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip | Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | Angular;Flask | Flask | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;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 | 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 automate repetitive tasks.;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 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 | Llama Index | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 729,584 | null |
5,953 | 5,954 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 23 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 180,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Podman;Terraform;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Podman;Terraform;Yarn | DNF
DNF | Yes | Express;Fastify;jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Symfony;Vue.js | NestJS;Node.js | NestJS;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | null | null | Hugo
Hugo | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | 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. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking, skepticism, class consciousness | 180,000 | 7 |
5,954 | 5,955 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 4 | Developer, front-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Python;R | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular | Angular;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Visual Studio Code | WebStorm | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Notion | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing 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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 8 |
5,955 | 5,956 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 33 | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 30 | Database administrator or engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 192,000 | Yes | C#;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA | C;C#;PowerShell;Python;SQL | C#;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;Pip | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Yes | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | All of them. AI is amazing, but it still makes lot of mistakes. It invents PowerShell cmdlets that don't exist. | 192,000 | 5 |
5,956 | 5,957 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 23 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 28 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
Security score | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 100 | 200 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;SQL | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | DuckDB;MongoDB;SQLite;Clickhouse;Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Cargo;Poetry | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;Vue.js | Axum | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Polars;Pydantic | Google Gemini;uv | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Arch | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Cleaning innacurate, dangerous, misleading massive amounts of AI generated content, protecting children from learning from AI hallucinations, reducing code quantity from repetitive/unnecessary AI code, learning about AI common pitfalls and how to alleviate them | null | 6 |
5,957 | 5,958 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 8 | Taiwan | TWD New Taiwan dollar | 2,010,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pacman;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Node.js;React | Angular;Deno;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular;Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | c++23;Large Language Model;SwiftData;RAG;Google Gemini;LangGraph;visionOS | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Predictive analytics;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;Other (write in): | Not yet. Partially I do parts which requires less reasoning and design using LLM. I regularly l ask and reason with LLMs to propose/debate design choices. They do not do a good job though.
I create personal projects partially tested entirely using LLM and find it generates terrible test code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Design, best practices, security audit, integration and automation, deep technical knowledge, performance and optimization. UI/UX optimization (because once backend is all AI-created, UI/UX would be our only interaction with software, and the only thing we cared.)
Perhaps… prompting and having AI generated optimized response for UIUX would be crucial for human experiences. | 68,111 | 7 |
5,958 | 5,959 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 28 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Pakistan | USD United States dollar | 18,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;FastAPI;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | null | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;hostinger;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;hostinger;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Daily or almost daily | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | AI still lacks coherent application generation capabilities. It can be creative at times and solve moderately complex problems in isolation, but designing a full software requires creativity and genuine understanding of code integration that is non-existent in AI tools at least currently. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | high-level application design, writing well-designed code that adheres to established design patterns, reviewing that a piece of generated code is aligned with the specified purpose and works well with the existing codebase | 18,000 | 8 |
5,959 | 5,960 | 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 | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | null | Assembly;Elixir;Erlang | Elixir;Erlang;JavaScript | Elixir;Erlang | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | Phoenix;React | React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 104,413 | 7 |
5,960 | 5,961 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Swift;TypeScript | Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb | Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;npm;Podman;Webpack | Terraform;Vite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Svelte | Deno;Next.js;React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Debian;Arch;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No. Environment is too complex | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | New Relic | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 9 |
5,961 | 5,962 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 10 | Developer, front-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;NestJS;React | Angular;Express;NestJS;React | Angular;NestJS;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | null | null | null | Yes, definitely | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 |
5,962 | 5,963 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 33 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 43 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Java | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Maven (build tool);Podman;Prometheus | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Vim | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Problem solving; quality control | 104,413 | 7 |
5,963 | 5,964 | 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.) | 14 | 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 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 | 19 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Energy | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 14 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 213,000 | Yes | Elixir;HTML/CSS;SQL | Elixir;SQL | Elixir;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | Shortcut
Shortcut | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. I hate it. It frustrating and produces terrible results. It's only good for spikes. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | null | 213,000 | 6 |
5,964 | 5,965 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 3 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Namibia | NAD Namibian dollar | 6,500 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | MATLAB;MicroPython;Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud;Netlify;npm;Supabase;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Spring Boot | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Ollama | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Marketing | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | Redis;supabase | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;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 want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving and ai prompt engineering | 367 | 8 |
5,965 | 5,966 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Google Colab | null | null | NA
NA | Kaggle | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | null | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | coding | null | null |
5,966 | 5,967 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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;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 | 1 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Fintech | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 3,750,000 | Yes | Python | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | IT operations;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;MCP servers | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | Redis;supabase | n8n | Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Crtical thinking | 43,590 | null |
5,967 | 5,968 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Primary/elementary school | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 7 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 10 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 5,000 | null | HTML/CSS | HTML/CSS | HTML/CSS | 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 | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Arch | null | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;YouTube | Discord;YouTube | Discord;YouTube | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unsure | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 234 | null |
5,968 | 5,969 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 24 | 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;Coding Bootcamp | 24 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 280,000 | Yes | Groovy;Java;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Java;Python;SQL | Java;Python;SQL | Shell
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Splunk | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Splunk | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Splunk | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | Thinking creatively | 280,000 | 8 |
5,969 | 5,970 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 45 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 55 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | null | null | null | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | Assembly;C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl | Assembly;C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl | Assembly;C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | null | Doxygen;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | null | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Highly distrust | Bad 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 | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 10 |
5,970 | 5,971 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above | 23 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 25 | Developer, full-stack | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 8 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Lua;Python;SQL | Assembly;C;C++;Java;Lua | Assembly;C++;Java;Lua | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;Prometheus | Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;YouTube;Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Job board | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Search for answers;Other (write in): | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | NEVER. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Knowing how a computer works at the lowest levels. | null | 8 |
5,971 | 5,972 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 22 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 8 | Mauritius | MUR Mauritian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell | Salesforce Apex
Salesforce Apex | Yes | Oracle | Oracle | Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Heroku;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++ | Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++ | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Microsoft Planner;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;AgentGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Human aspect, seeing the whole picture, empathy, thinking out of the box | null | 7 |
5,972 | 5,973 | 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 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 9 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Kazakhstan | KZT Kazakhstani tenge | 16,800,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;SQL;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;SQL;Gleam | NA
Elm, Haskell | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Kubernetes | Ansible;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Prometheus | Docker;Kubernetes | Nix
Nix | Yes | FastAPI | null | null | Gin
Lustre | Yes | Nano;Notepad++ | Neovim;Notepad++ | Notepad++ | Emacs
Emacs | null | null | null | null | null | NixOS | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Jira;Markdown File | Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | 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 | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I 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 | Same skills, AI won't make a difference | 32,436 | 4 |
5,973 | 5,974 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 33 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 39 | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 24 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | Jira;Wikis | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no, I write code that must be accurate and reliable | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | solving new problems (since AI is currently only good at following what has already been published) | 200,000 | 5 |
5,974 | 5,975 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
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 | 5 | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 32,000 | Yes | Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Scala;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | IT operations | Language processing | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 37,125 | 8 |
5,975 | 5,976 | 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 | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 1,284,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | Elixir;Go;Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;MATLAB;Prolog;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;TypeScript | Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MongoDB;MySQL | Cassandra;H2;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | H2 | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;Podman;Prometheus;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Astro;Django;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;WebStorm;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Odoo | null | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS | Windows;MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;Monday.com;Notion | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 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. | 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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Regex, UI, Compiler creation | 67,589 | 6 |
5,976 | 5,977 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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 | 15 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Energy | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 732,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | null | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Deno;Fastify;Node.js | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Deno;Fastify;Node.js | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Deno;Fastify;Node.js | SolidJS
SolidJS | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Notion;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Notion;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No, mostly use LLMs as documentation quick access and to keep up with new API and syntax.
ex: "Rewrite this using modern <lang>". | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | Everything, ask me about 30-50 years ahead, I'd give another answer.
There must always be someone who validates the output from the machines so cost, speed, security and business requirements align. | 76,729 | 8 |
5,977 | 5,978 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 28 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 20 | 12 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 175,000 | Yes | Groovy;Java;SQL | Groovy;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Groovy;Java;SQL | PL/SQL
PL/SQL | Yes | Oracle | Oracle | Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Red Hat | Confluence;Jira;Miro | Confluence;Jira;Miro | Confluence;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Developing critical software or processes where the company needs to keep ownership. | 216,988 | 5 |
5,978 | 5,979 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 27 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 17 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;SQLite | BigQuery;InfluxDB;SQLite | BigQuery;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Make;Pip;pnpm;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;Pip;pnpm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;Pip;pnpm | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | NixOS | GitHub;Google Colab;Linear;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Linear;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Obsidian | Mercurial
Mercurial | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, not at all, and is pretty much impossible due to the nature of my work and codebase. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | People and creativity skills | 150,000 | null |
5,979 | 5,980 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 7 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 700,000 | Yes | C;C#;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | null | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Writing code | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 17,674 | 8 |
5,980 | 5,981 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | None of the above | 6 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 15 | 5 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 36,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lua;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lua;Python | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Vercel | npm;Vercel | npm;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Next.js;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, and I really don't want it to be. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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: | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Debugging, testing and patience to research complex problems | 41,765 | 6 |
5,981 | 5,982 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 20 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | null | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | null | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 1,500,000 | Yes | Java;Kotlin;SQL | Java;Kotlin;SQL | Java;Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;PostgreSQL | H2;PostgreSQL | H2;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | null | NO! | No, but I 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 70,208 | 8 |
5,982 | 5,983 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Lua;Perl;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;pnpm;Prometheus;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;pnpm;Prometheus;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Deno;Express;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js | Express;Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Writing code | Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | supabase | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Inginuity and problem solving | null | null |
5,983 | 5,984 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 1 | 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;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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 9 | Student | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Developing specialized expertise
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Singapore | SGD Singapore dollar | 18,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;VBA | C;C#;C++;Dart;Go;Java;MATLAB;MicroPython;Ruby;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Microsoft Access;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask | AngularJS;Django;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Xcode | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Airtable;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | Azure Devops;Jira | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Debugging or fixing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Robotics | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | 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 | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 14,060 | 5 |
5,984 | 5,985 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 21 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 17 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | null | null | null | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Luxembourg | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | Docker;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Wikis | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Wikis | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Wikis | MS Teams
MS Teams | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 116,015 | 5 |
5,985 | 5,986 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Java;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim | NA
NA | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Android | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 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 | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no, fuck that buzz word | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 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 | null | null |
5,986 | 5,987 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | 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) | 3 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | Nepal | NPR Nepalese rupee | 240,000 | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Scala | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Claude Code;Lovable.dev;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | RAG | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitHub;Obsidian;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;v0.dev;Bolt.new | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Communicating in layman terms | 1,745 | 6 |
5,987 | 5,988 | 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 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Robust and complete API
Easy to integrate or migrate | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
AI | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 650,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;pnpm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;NestJS;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;Markdown File;YouTrack | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing 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 | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I 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 | Ability to understand code and requirements | 7,556 | 2 |
5,988 | 5,989 | 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 | 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);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 9 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 26,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go | Bash/Shell (all shells) | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Podman | Docker;Kubernetes;Podman | Docker;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Spring Boot;WordPress | jQuery;Spring Boot;Svelte | jQuery;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium | IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium | IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | null | null | wrike
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | The ability to UNDERSTAND CONTENT | 30,164 | 6 |
5,989 | 5,990 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | 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);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 | 12 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | France | EUR European Euro | 18,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lisp;OCaml;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lisp;OCaml;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lisp;OCaml;Rust | Agda, Lean, Rocq
Agda, Lean, Rocq | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Make | Cargo | Cargo | Nix
Nix | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Emacs
Emacs | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | NixOS | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Code architecture, software verification and certification, being exploitable (as in marxism). | 20,883 | null |
5,990 | 5,991 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 9 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 730,000 | Yes | C#;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Python;SQL | AL
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Vite | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Critical thinking. Writing maintainable, readable and testable code. | 113,530 | 5 |
5,991 | 5,992 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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;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 | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, mobile | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | 3,000 | Yes | Dart;Java;Kotlin | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | - | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | Windows;Android | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | null | Business process automation | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | 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 | - | ChatGPT | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | problem solving | null | 3 |
5,992 | 5,993 | 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) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 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) | 3 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 4 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 700,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Writing code | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | no | null | no | null | no | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | developing skills and creative thinking
| 2,458 | 8 |
5,993 | 5,994 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 9 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | C#;JavaScript;Python | C#;Python | C#;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Blazor;Next.js | ASP.NET;Next.js | ASP.NET;Next.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord | Discord | Discord | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 solving ability | null | null |
5,994 | 5,995 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 12 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 16 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Prolog;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | C;C#;C++;Dart;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript;Zig;Mojo;Gleam | C;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Valkey | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Ninja;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Ninja;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Ninja;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | uv, turbopack
uv, turbopack | Yes | Astro;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;WordPress | Astro;Deno;Django;FastAPI;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Astro;Django;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Bolt;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;PyCharm;RustRover;Trae;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Android Studio;Bolt;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Android Studio;Bolt;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Clickup;GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics | Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;pgvector;Milvus | null | Ollama;LangChain;Zapier;LangGraph | null | Sentry;Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus;LangSmith;Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Replit;v0.dev;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | 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 | No idea | null | 9 |
5,995 | 5,996 | 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 | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 18 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java | Bash/Shell (all shells) | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Make | Ansible;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool) | Ansible;Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Trello | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Same as before:
- Understanding business needs and translating them into something the machine understands
- Identifying and balancing tradeoffs
- Identifying and surfacing technical concerns that will hinder progress if left unchecked | null | 5 |
5,996 | 5,997 | I code primarily as a hobby | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | Other (please specify): | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 1 | Chile | CLP Chilean peso | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | Less than one year | null | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
5,997 | 5,998 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 9 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
anything other thaan ai | Other (please specify):
ai | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 115,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;MATLAB;MicroPython;Python | Go;Lua;Rust;Zig | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS;iPadOS | Ubuntu | GitLab;Microsoft Planner | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | coding, ai not ready and we gonna have to fix it all | 115,000 | 8 |
5,998 | 5,999 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 46 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js | Astro;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js | Astro;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;NixOS | MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;NixOS | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem-solving that AI can't do | null | null |
5,999 | 6,000 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Vite;Webpack | APT;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Podman;Vite;Webpack | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Podman;Vite;Webpack | STRATO
STRATO | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Deno;Express;Node.js;React;Vue.js;Axum | ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js;React;Axum | ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js;React;Axum | Dioxos
Dioxos, Leptos | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Polars;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Polars;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Polars;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Planka
Planka | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | Debugging complex systems and deep insights into a project. | null | 9 |
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