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700 | 701 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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;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 | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | null | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Rider;VSCodium | Rider | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;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 week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
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701 | 702 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 45 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 273,000 | Yes | C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | CircuitPython
CircuitPython, GDScript | Yes | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;npm;NuGet;Pip | APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;npm;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js | Express;Node.js | Express;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
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NA | null | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
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NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Drupal;Express;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;Fedora;ChromeOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Microsoft Planner;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 5 | Malaysia | MYR Malaysian ringgit | 170,000 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Vue.js;WordPress | Frappe
Frappe | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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 | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 40,056 | 9 |
704 | 705 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 39 | 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 | 35 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | null | null | null | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Delphi | Delphi | Delphi | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | 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 | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great 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 | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | 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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
705 | 706 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 12 | AI/ML engineer | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | 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 | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 48,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | nah | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | null | 55,687 | 6 |
706 | 707 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 42 | 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 | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 47 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 135,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | 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 | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | 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;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Nope. | 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. | 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 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 | Ability to design and develop enterprise level systems | 135,000 | 9 |
707 | 708 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP | HTML/CSS;Java;PHP;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;PHP | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Symfony;Vue.js | Next.js;React;Spring Boot;Symfony | Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;WebStorm | Visual Studio;Windsurf | Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;LinkedIn | Discord;LinkedIn | Discord;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No "vibe coding" is not part of my workflow. | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Will survive developpers who will have the capacityu evolve into new areas. | null | null |
708 | 709 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 5 | Turkey | EUR European Euro | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Erlang;Go;Java;Lua;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Erlang;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Erlang;Python | NA
NA | Yes | H2;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | druid
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Cloudflare;Gradle;Kubernetes;Poetry | Cloudflare;Gradle;Kubernetes;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Phoenix;Spring Boot | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Sublime Text;VSCodium | Neovim;Sublime Text;VSCodium | Neovim;Sublime Text;VSCodium | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | Doxygen;GitLab;Jira;Redmine | GitLab;Redmine | GitLab;Redmine | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;Bluesky | Bluesky | Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Deployment and monitoring | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications | 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.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | Weaviate | null | Ollama;Haystack | null | Sentry | null | Replit | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | systems architect will be the king | 139,218 | 10 |
709 | 710 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 175,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java | Java | Java | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub | Confluence;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | 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 | 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 | 203,026 | 6 |
710 | 711 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 26 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 27 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | 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 | null | null | Government | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 5 | 4 | Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | HKD Hong Kong dollar | 3,200,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;npm | Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman;Terraform;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);X;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 | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Other (write in):
watch my reputation | Yes, somewhat | 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;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | 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 | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Creativity | 407,645 | null |
711 | 712 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 40 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | null | null | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
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 | 140,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;VBA | Swift | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;NuGet | Microsoft Azure | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Xcode | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 140,000 | 7 |
712 | 713 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | 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 | 115,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | GROK
GROK | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | 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 | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Software design, Software Architecture. Solutions analysis. | 115,000 | 8 |
713 | 714 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | null | 18 | 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 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 26 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 30 | 8 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Nano;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | null | null | null | null | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);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 daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes, Vibe Coding is a daily part of my rhythm. But it's hard to fully integrate it into my rhythm due to the inherent problems that AI agents have in generating accurate/working code, and the fact that agents require significant context for complex tasks, but tend to lose context as the window grows. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | OpenRouter | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Roo code (Roo-Cline) | 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 | Complex problem solving and abstract thinking
DRY/simplification - AI still sucks at this
Best practices
Keeping code clean/uniform | 102,142 | 2 |
714 | 715 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | 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 | 20 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | null | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 81,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | null | Maven (build tool);npm;Webpack | npm;Webpack | npm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Vue.js | Node.js;Vue.js | Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | X;YouTube | X;YouTube | X;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 | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | 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 | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no it isn't | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have 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 improved collaboration within my team. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Microsoft Copilot | null | null | do not think AI can do our job as a lot is the handling and combined understanding of multiple systems and even codebases | 93,972 | 3 |
715 | 716 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Heroku;npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Laravel;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Vue.js | Ember, ember.js, emberjs
Ember, emberjs, ember.js | Yes | Claude Code;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Odoo | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo | Odoo | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase | null | null | 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 | null | 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;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 3 |
716 | 717 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | 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 | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Greece | EUR European Euro | 62,000 | Yes | JavaScript | JavaScript;Rust | JavaScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Vite | Docker;Vite | Docker;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | RustRover;WebStorm | RustRover;WebStorm | RustRover;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS | Jira;Notion | Notion | Notion | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | 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 | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Instinct | 71,929 | 5 |
717 | 718 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 40 | 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) | 40 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Splunk | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Splunk | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | Windows | GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Multiple times per day | Direct messaging of users | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes it certainly is. Using AI I ported a page I had created myself in JS/HTML/CSS to xCode and Android, made two apps, then I got AI to help me split the processing out and make an API calling PHP in which I am not proficient. From idea to page to apps and api page was 3 weeks. | 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;Cybersecurity | Integration with external agents and APIs | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus;Vectra AI | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | Grok | When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Prompt writing (or telling) - translating business requests into proper code | null | null |
718 | 719 | 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 | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 16 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 90,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | YAML
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Fastify;Node.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Fastify | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Fastify | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Jira | Azure Devops;Jira | Azure Devops;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | 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 | null | 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 | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | People skills. Translating what people say to what they actually want. | 90,000 | 9 |
719 | 720 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 27 | Data engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | Hungary | USD United States dollar | 90,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Pip;Podman;Poetry;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Android;iOS | GitLab;Jira | GitHub;Jira;Notion | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;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 | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | 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 | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes, somewhat but does not replace the proper developer background | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | architecting solutions | 90,000 | 9 |
720 | 721 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (part-time) | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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) | 40 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL | MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Oracle;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Chocolatey;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Maven (build tool);Pip | Ansible;Chocolatey;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Spring Boot | Blazor;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | FastAPI;Spring Boot | NA
Datastar, HTMX | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;VSCodium | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Sublime Text;VSCodium | Sublime Text;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);NixOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Predictive analytics | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. It is a scourge on the industry and creates reams of garbage code. Except for very targeted instances, I have ALWAYS had to recheck and debug any significant volume of AI-generated code. | 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.;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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Debugging complex issues. Implementing scalable solutions over complex network infrastructures. Identifying and fixing QoL issues and common points of failure. | 110,000 | 8 |
721 | 722 | 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 | 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);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 12,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;Valkey | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;Valkey | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Podman;Prometheus | Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Podman;Prometheus | Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Podman;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal | Drupal | Drupal | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | RAG | c++23;RAG | RAG | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | 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 | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;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): | Project planning | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, but I 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | programing, debuging | 561,668 | 9 |
722 | 723 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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 didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 25 | Database administrator or engineer | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Other (please specify):
AI, use our AI, please use out AI, AI AIAIAIAIAIAIAI. | Insurance | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 55,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;ChromeOS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | null | null | Smartsheet
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Daily or almost daily | null | Flag AI generated content for removal | Yes, definitely | 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;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Other (write in): | null | 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.;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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | All of them, AI isn't the future. | 74,878 | 7 |
723 | 724 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 48 | 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;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Robust and complete API
Easy to maintain, structured | null | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
Remote working | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 130,000 | Yes | C#;SQL | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core | null | null | MAUI
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | null | null | Microsoft Learn
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 | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Not sure | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | null | No | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 94,846 | 8 |
724 | 725 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 14 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 0 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 189,122 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Neo4J;Redis | Cosmos DB | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Pip | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;Django;Node.js | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | Azure DevOps
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;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 | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Fuck no. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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.;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. | null | null | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);Semantic Kernel | null | null | null | 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 | Planning, project management, architecture, code review. | 189,122 | 6 |
725 | 726 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 450,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;Scala;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | 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 really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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. | 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. | 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;Perplexity;Cody | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | How to leverage AI properly, breaking down the tasks, project management, planning and scoping, people skills | 450,000 | 8 |
726 | 727 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | null | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify): | 20 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
documentation | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Insurance | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 4 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 16,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker | Ansible;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Committing and reviewing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no, i mainly use AI just for code completion from JetBrains AI | 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. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Maintaining old archytecture, better understanding of dependencies and possible side effects of a change | 748,890 | 3 |
727 | 728 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 18 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 6 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 183,750 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite;Webpack | Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool) | APT;Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Next.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Reddit;Hacker News | Reddit;Hacker News | 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 | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Other (write in): | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;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 | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | Copilot, Junie | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Bolt.new | Jetbrains Junie | 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 | The ability to express requirements in a concise yet detailed manner, being able to efficiently debug or step through code to discover issues, analyzing dependencies between different portions of a platform and keeping the overall architecture in mind while designing solutions. | 213,177 | 8 |
728 | 729 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 30 | System administrator | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Finland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Lua;MicroPython;PHP;Python | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Lua;PHP | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Lua;PHP | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal | Drupal | Drupal | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Microsoft Planner | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Mastodon
Mastodon | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | null | null | 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 monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | null | null | null |
729 | 730 | 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) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Student | 100 to 499 employees | null | Remote | No | School | null | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;Java;MicroPython;OCaml;Python;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Go;MicroPython;OCaml;Python;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Go;MicroPython;OCaml;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | HyperDB, Umbra
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Make;Ninja;Pip | Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;Pip | Docker;Make;Ninja;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | GoLand
GoLand | Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);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 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;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 | Only snippets of code | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Problemsolving and understanding the codebase | null | null |
730 | 731 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 35 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 40 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Other (please specify):
Fully remote work | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 2,400,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Docker;Make;Pip;Poetry | Ansible;APT;Docker;Make;Pip;Podman | Ansible;APT;Docker;Make;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;jQuery | Django;Flask;jQuery;Svelte | Django;Flask;jQuery | aiohttp, Jinja2
aiohttp, CheetahTemplate3 | Yes | Vim | Vim | Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian;Fedora | Debian | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Redmine;Wikis;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Sphinx
Sphinx | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per week | null | null | Yes, somewhat | 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 | 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 | null | 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 | 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 30,623 | 10 |
731 | 732 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 43 | Database administrator or engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | null | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 40 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 128,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | C#;PowerShell;SQL | C#;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | MSBuild | MSBuild | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | 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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Daily or almost daily | Chat (people);Long-form articles | null | Yes, definitely | 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;Other (write in): | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Gladly, since I will finish my work career in 9 years, hopefully I'll never have to describe to some computer how to write a piece of code that I could just as easily write myself, while learning important and usable skills in the process. AI can die as far as I'm concerned. | 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 | 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 | Ensuring code quality, reliability, and maintainability remain high. | 93,387 | 7 |
732 | 733 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ireland | EUR European Euro | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Podman;Poetry;Supabase | null | null | Pulumi
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;Substack | Hacker News | Hacker News | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | 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 | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Customer service support | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 174,022 | 7 |
733 | 734 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Other (please specify): | 8 | DevOps engineer or professional | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 10 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 27,000 | Yes | Go;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Redis;Valkey | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Podman | Ansible;Gradle;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Podman | Gradle;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Arch;NixOS | MacOS;NixOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;YouTrack | GitLab;Jira;YouTrack | GitLab;Jira;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
Mastodon | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not generally, some team members generate individual pieces of code using the ChatGPT webinterface but in general it is not used. It might be an opportunity for the future for simple CRUD enhancements to the software like adding new input fields or fixing some frontend design issue but I don't see it making bigger changes than that in the near future. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | 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;Other (please specify): | null | 31,324 | 8 |
734 | 735 | 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.) | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify): | 42 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 20 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 175,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Elixir;Go;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Elixir;Go | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Elixir;Go | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Docker;Kubernetes;Podman | Docker;Kubernetes;Podman | Helm, OpenTofu, Hatch
Hatch | Yes | FastAPI;Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Emacs, vi, ed
Emacs, vi, ed | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | 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) | Microsoft Teams
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Multiple times per day | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Yes, definitely | 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;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | Oh dear lord no. I've read too many horror stories, and I consider myself too experienced a programmer to need no-code tooling like this. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | 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 | 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 | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | There still needs to be a career path for junior developers to get started, get mentored, and eventually grow into senior developers. I believe we will see high-profile security and licensing compromises from AI-generated code that will take the luster off of AI tooling, and the actual cost of running LLMs will start to be more visible to end users. Developers who have solid fundamentals and can understand when the AI-generated code is wrong will remain valuable. | 175,000 | 9 |
735 | 736 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Academic researcher | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 30,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;OCaml;Python;R;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Java;OCaml;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Java;OCaml;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;npm;Pip | APT;Docker;Make;Pip | APT;Docker;Make;Pip | NA
NA | null | Drupal;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | CLion
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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.;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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 30,000 | 6 |
736 | 737 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Student | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 10 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lua;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase;Valkey | PostgreSQL;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Gradle;MSBuild;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Vite | APT;Cargo;Docker;Make;Ninja;NuGet;Pacman;Podman | APT;Docker;NuGet;Pacman;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Svelte | null | null | NA
HTML with templating in Go | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | null | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Testing 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | It's a really tiny part. I write code myself most of the time but I use AI chatbots for small functions to save on some time. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Frontend, good code quality, being able to make maintanable codebases, managing backends and servers, low-level embedded or OS stuff | null | null |
737 | 738 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 6 | India | INR Indian rupee | 0 | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;Java;Python | C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | C;HTML/CSS;Java;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | Asana;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | 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);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok 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 every 2 - 3 months | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | supabase | Lovable, Google AI Studio, Cursor | IBM watsonx.ai;Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Tabnine;Replit;Perplexity;Bolt.new;Blackbox AI;Lovable.dev | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem Solving skill about Complex Problem, Deep-Thinking ( first principles), Imagination, Team-Leading ( leadership), Out of box thinking ( completely new invention ) | null | null |
738 | 739 | 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.) | 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);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | 30 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Other (please specify):
Trusted to not train on our codebase | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 276,325 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin | 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 | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | 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.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;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. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | 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 | Evaluating high-level codebase design and best practices, like MVVM/MVI, use cases, repositories, etc. | 276,325 | 10 |
739 | 740 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 3 | AI/ML engineer | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | null | Republic of Korea | KRW South Korean won | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;R;Ruby;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Supabase;Amazon Redshift | MySQL;Supabase | MySQL;Supabase | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular;Django;Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Colab;Notion | GitHub;Google Colab;Notion | GitHub;Google Colab;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | Language processing | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | LangChain;LangGraph | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity;Bolt.new | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
740 | 741 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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;Coding Bootcamp | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 20 | India | INR Indian rupee | 800,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Dart;Elixir;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Clickhouse | Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Webpack | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Spring Boot;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;Django;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;AngularJS;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat | Windows;Android;iOS;Red Hat | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Monday.com | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Monday.com | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Monday.com | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Other (write in): | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No , I would never trust someone else code until I approved it myself, that means I don't generally ask ai to write code but I just ask them to confirm the approaches and do it my own , simple help.
But never did or not going to blindly using ai so vibe coding is not for me | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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 | 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.;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;GitHub MCP Server | null | Llama Index;Semantic Kernel;OpenRouter;Haystack | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;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 | Problem solving, AI can give you the answer but but it may not the best case solution. So you will still need to learn them.
Prompt engineering is also good thing to learn as if you can't explain what you need there is no point in using any agents or gpts | 9,299 | 5 |
741 | 742 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 20 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | null | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | null | null | C++;Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL | C++;Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL | C++;Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | null | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | null | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | null | null | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
742 | 743 | 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.) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 24 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
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 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 170,000 | Yes | Assembly;C++;Java;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | Assembly;Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;OCaml;Rust;Swift;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;Java;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React | Spring Boot;Axum | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Job board | 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 | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;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 | ahahahahah | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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.;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;GitHub Copilot;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Writing clean code
Writing proper unit tests
Debugging | 197,225 | 9 |
743 | 744 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 38 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 42 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite;Webpack | NuGet | NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | 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 | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad 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 | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. I only use LLM’s to generate example code. | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | Solving novel problems. Understanding requirements. Designing complex systems. | null | null |
744 | 745 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 37 | 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 | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 36 | 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 ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 2 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Red Hat | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | 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;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Complex business logic | null | 8 |
745 | 746 | 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 | 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);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 | 12 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 57,600 | Yes | C;Python | C;Python | C;Python | K, APL
Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip | Docker;Homebrew;Make | Docker;Homebrew;Make | uv
uv | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Hacker News;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Other (write in):
Solving my current problem by reading existing high-quality answers | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | no
I use LLM for tasks that I know it can reliable solve and/or can be checked very quickly
This includes code completion (Github Copilot) and generating functions for well defined simple tasks where I'd have to spend more time reading library documentation than coding | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | null | 66,824 | null |
746 | 747 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 23 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 23 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 100,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;H2;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Splunk;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 136,141 | 7 |
747 | 748 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 30 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 11 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 135,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;COBOL;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;VBA | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;MSBuild;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);MSBuild;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);MSBuild | FinalBuilder
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | Delphi 12+ Athens | Large Language Model;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Jira | Azure Devops;Jira | Azure Devops;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, but in limited context. For example, to write a method or enhance a class to handle specific scenarios. | No, but I 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. | 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.;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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding good design and best practices. Being able to make judgements about trade-offs. Knowing code languages well enough to know when AI gets it wrong and/or doesn't see the big picture. | 135,000 | 6 |
748 | 749 | 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) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | null | 27 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Other (please specify):
Useless AI Crap | 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 | 3 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 78,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;SQL;Swift | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Svelte | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Vim | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | GitHub;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | Other (write in): | Absolutely not! It's garbage and dangerous! | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | Writing maintainable code | 106,190 | 8 |
749 | 750 | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | 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) | 17 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Dart;Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin | Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Splunk;Terraform;Yandex Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Pacman;Pip;pnpm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Amazon Bedrock | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Project planning | 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 | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Decision intelligence;IT operations;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | 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. | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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. | Redis;Neo4j;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB | null | Vertex AI;Agno;Llama Index;Semantic Kernel;Haystack | null | Sentry;New Relic;Grafana + Prometheus;LangSmith;Wiz;arize | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Devin AI;Roo code (Roo-Cline);Amazon Codewhisperer | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | 8 |
750 | 751 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly) | 23 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Other (please specify): | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Energy | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 104,900 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server | Azure DB, Azure Synapse
Azure DB, Azure Synapse | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Microsoft Azure;Podman;Yarn | Docker;Microsoft Azure | Bicep
Bicep | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Microsoft Planner;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Microsoft Planner | Azure Devops;GitHub;Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models;Perplexity Sonar models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Throwing things against the wall until it sort of works, then never visiting the code again to update, enhance, or expand leaving a poor shell of something that works just enough to waste time or damage the system. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Decision intelligence;IT operations;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Integration with external agents and APIs | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | Redis;GitHub MCP Server | null | null | Azure AI foundry | null | null | Claude Code;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 | Prompt engineering and determining if answers are valid and best-fit. | 104,900 | null |
751 | 752 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 23 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 23 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 4 | 4 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 130,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;npm;Podman | Docker;Firebase;npm;Podman | Docker;Firebase;npm;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;NestJS;Node.js | Angular;Node.js;Vue.js | Angular;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code | Android Studio;Claude Code | Android Studio;Claude Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | Confluence | Confluence | Confluence | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Data analysis, debugging | 77,098 | 10 |
752 | 753 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | 30 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 5 | 7 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Fortran;Go;Java;Lisp;SQL | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Prometheus;Terraform | Cargo | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Red Hat;Fedora | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase | 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 | 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 | performance analysis | 116,733 | 8 |
753 | 754 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 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 | Remote | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 6 | India | INR Indian rupee | 700,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Blade
Blade | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;npm;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;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);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation | null | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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 | GitHub Copilot;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;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Yes | 8,137 | 10 |
754 | 755 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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;Colleague or on-the-job training | 24 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
Company is invested in my community as a remote employee | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 15 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | Pinecone
Pinecone | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;New Relic;npm;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;FastAPI;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony;WordPress | Drupal;FastAPI;React;Symfony | Drupal;FastAPI;React;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Lovable.dev;PhpStorm | Claude Code;Cursor;Lovable.dev | Claude Code;Cursor;Lovable.dev | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | MCP | MacOS;Android | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;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 | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Sure, I've used it to quickly prototype demos, examples, POCs, etc. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Vector databases for AI applications;Other specific task (write in): | 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. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Pinecone | LangChain | LangChain | null | New Relic | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Lovable.dev | Warp.dev | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | Full stack understanding. Technology vetting. Major architecture decisions, cost implications, security and compliance considerations. Technical debt evaluation. User experience and maintenance evaluation, ensuring options and appropriate tools are considered and employed. | 120,000 | 9 |
755 | 756 | 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 | null | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 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) | 19 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Swift | Kotlin;Python;Swift | Kotlin;Python;Swift | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Pip;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Vue.js | Flask;Vue.js | Flask;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Debugging | null | 10 |
756 | 757 | 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 | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | 7 | DevOps engineer or professional | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 250,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Kotlin;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);SQL | clojure
clojure | Yes | Dynamodb;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL | DuckDB;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
opentofu | Yes | React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Testing code | null | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Absolutely not | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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;Other (please specify): | Thinking and problem solving. AI is just a statistical model that predicts text, it doesn't actually think. | 250,000 | 7 |
757 | 758 | 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) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 17 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 14 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 85,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Gradle;Homebrew;npm;Webpack | Composer;Digital Ocean;Homebrew | Composer;Digital Ocean;Homebrew | homestead
homestead | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery;Laravel;React;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel | jQuery;Laravel | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim;Xcode | Android Studio;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim;Xcode | Android Studio;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim;Xcode | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;ChromeOS | MacOS;iOS | GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | not really, i use it sometimes to generate pieces of code within a project and not the whole project itself | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | how to detect bad code generated by AI | 85,000 | 4 |
758 | 759 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 35 | Data engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 1 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 65,000 | Yes | C;C++;Python | Lua | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | Databricks SQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | Windows;Ubuntu | null | null | null | SVN
NA | Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | imagination | 38,549 | 7 |
759 | 760 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | 24 | Developer, back-end | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | null | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | 88,200 | Yes | Elixir;Erlang;JavaScript | Elixir;Erlang;Ruby | Elixir;Erlang | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;npm | Docker;Heroku;Homebrew | Docker;Heroku;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | React | Ruby on Rails | null | Phoenix
Phoenix | Yes | Neovim;Windsurf | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Reddit;LinkedIn | Reddit;LinkedIn | Reddit;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Job board | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | 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;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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. | 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 | GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 22 | 10 |
760 | 761 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Colleague or on-the-job training | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ireland | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;H2;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Rally
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | Grafana + Prometheus | null | GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 75,410 | null |
761 | 762 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 35 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 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 | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Serbia | RSD Serbian dinar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;npm;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | hostinger | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | null | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well 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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes | No, but I 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.;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. | 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 | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 10 |
762 | 763 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 13 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress;Axum | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Laravel;React;WordPress | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Laravel;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Direct messaging of users;Other (write in): | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, only AI assisted coding | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Customer service support | 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 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | pgvector;Milvus;Pinecone | null | Llama Index;Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | null | Sentry;Grafana + Prometheus | 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 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 | Delivering something that works for clients | null | 8 |
763 | 764 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 10 | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 13 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;Supabase | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular;AngularJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | Airtable;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | 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 | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor 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;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Even as AI tools become more sophisticated, there are serious concerns around security and privacy. There will also need to be oversight throughout the process as fixing bugs or making changes still requires extensive context to avoid being costly and inefficient. Specifically for front-end, I expect there to be difficulty converting static designs into responsive sites in a logical and extensible way, beyond the most cookie-cutter standard templates. Certainly could be underestimating the progress of AI in this timeframe though | 120,000 | 6 |
764 | 765 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 14 | Developer, mobile | 5,000 to 9,999 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 ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 13 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Kotlin | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Swift | Kotlin | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Android | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I use AI por specific part of the code, not for the whole project. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | 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 | 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 | 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 | Understanding good coding practices and the whole project implementation. | 69,609 | 7 |
765 | 766 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly);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);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 | 17 | Database administrator or engineer | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 600,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Go;HTML/CSS;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Prometheus | Ansible;Docker;Make;Pacman;Prometheus | Docker;Make;Pacman;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Express;Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Arch | Windows;Arch | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Trello | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Business knowledge | 62,893 | 5 |
766 | 767 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | null | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Philippines | PHP Philippine peso | null | Yes | JavaScript | JavaScript | JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Node.js;React | AngularJS;Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
767 | 768 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | Not employed | None of the above | 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);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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Project manager | null | null | null | null | Work | Other (please specify):
Wide Industry Adoption (More Community Resources/Support Available) | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 105,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vercel | Digital Ocean;Kubernetes;Netlify;pnpm;Vercel | Digital Ocean;pnpm;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Monday.com;Obsidian | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Dev.to;X;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;Dev.to;X;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Mainly for UI things. Once I transition into writing business logic, AI takes a backseat role and is essentially used for debugging things when I feel like I've spent too much time on on specific issue. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | I think the ability to reason through a large problem will be valuable. AI will continue to be great at solving small problems but the ability to take a large problem and break it up into those smaller problems that AI can handle, and then to be able to piece it all together to make it work, I think that will be important.
Also knowing and understanding security concerns. I think oversight will be increasingly important moving forwards. | 105,000 | 5 |
768 | 769 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 13 | 6 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 62,000 | Yes | Ada;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Ada;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Ada;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Rust
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Vue.js | FastAPI;Vue.js | FastAPI;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase | null | Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 71,929 | 4 |
769 | 770 | 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 | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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) | 17 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 95,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Swift;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Homebrew;Splunk | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Flask;Spring Boot;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Fedora | MacOS;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Slack (public channels, not work) | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 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. | 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 | 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 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, architecture, fundamentals | 110,214 | 9 |
770 | 771 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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 | 22 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 0 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | RAG | RAG | RAG | null | null | Windows;iPadOS | Windows | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Testing code | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | No, just hype that is too slow | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | GitHub MCP Server | SQL Server as vectorstore | Semantic Kernel | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Bolt.new | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Creativity and logic mindset for the overview of the entire project | null | 9 |
771 | 772 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Other (please specify): | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | France | EUR European Euro | 43,955 | Yes | C++;Python;R;Rust | Lua;Python;Rust | Python;Rust | Julia
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitHub;GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
Codeberg | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Hacker News | Hacker News | Discourse, Zulip
Zulip | No | 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 (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | It's not, I don't believe it will ever be yet, but I need to try first before I settle that. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Reasoning. Accuracy. Culture. Experience. Trust. Insight. Creativity. | 50,994 | 9 |
772 | 773 | 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) | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 0 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | null | Yes | Java;SQL | Assembly;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL;Oracle | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;PyCharm | Eclipse;PyCharm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | 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 | no | 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.;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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | soft skills | null | null |
773 | 774 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 27 | 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;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 | 33 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | null | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;TypeScript | null | null | bash / shell scripting
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Composer;New Relic;npm;Webpack | null | null | gulp
NA | Yes | jQuery;React;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PhpStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | 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 | 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 | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | 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 am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Honestly, I'm more worried about being rounded up and placed in a concentration camp by the current administration. AI is unethical, full stop. When I'm required to use it, that'll be the day that I'm done with programming. Shame that a 30 year career is going to be replaced by a bot, but I guess that's the world we've chosen to live in. | 100,000 | 8 |
774 | 775 | 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 | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Coding Bootcamp | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 5 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 300,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Java | Java | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Pip;pnpm;Vercel | null | null | vite
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | null | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | null | null | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | vibe coding === shit | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | supabase | null | Vertex AI;Ollama;OpenRouter | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | adaptability | 15,792 | 8 |
775 | 776 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 14 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 1 | 1 | India | INR Indian rupee | 3,500,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cosmos DB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask | Django;FastAPI;Flask;React;Vue.js | Django;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 40,684 | 5 |
776 | 777 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Other (please specify):
AI | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 11 | 5 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;OCaml;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip | APT;Cargo;Docker;Pacman | APT;Cargo;Docker;Pacman | NA
Just | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Arch | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Trello;Wikis | Wikis | Wikis | gitea
gitea | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | zulip
zulip | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);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 | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I 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 | 6 |
777 | 778 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 40 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;SQL;TypeScript | Go;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | DuckDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel | Google Cloud | Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Next.js | null | null | Echo
Echo | Yes | Claude Code;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);NixOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | Other (write in): | 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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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 | pgvector | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Cody | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Writing understable/readable code with a full understanding of what's happening locally and in the system will remain a key skill. AIs also perform better when the system is understandable. | 145,917 | 10 |
778 | 779 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | 5 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
779 | 780 | 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.) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 23 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 165,000 | Yes | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;npm;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;npm;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Node.js;React | Deno;React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Airtable;Clickup;GitHub;Jira;Notion | Airtable;Clickup;GitHub;Notion | Airtable;Clickup;GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Other (write in):
Find the answer to a question | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Absolutely not | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Creative solutions that don't follow industry standards | 165,000 | 10 |
780 | 781 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 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 | 30 | Data engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 115,000 | Yes | C#;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;Lisp;PowerShell;Python;R;Rust;SQL | PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;Snowflake;Amazon Redshift | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini | Microsoft Fabric | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS;Fedora | Windows;iOS | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | yes | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 83,902 | 8 |
781 | 782 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 9 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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 | 7 | 7 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;npm;NuGet | Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;npm;NuGet | Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Android;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Trello | 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 | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | 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 | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | 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 | Is this a developer survey or just some random questions about AI? | null | 7 |
782 | 783 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | 26 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 180,000 | Yes | PHP | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Linear | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | null | null | 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 | Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | absolutely, it saves time and gives me a starting point if nothing else | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | 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 | 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 | 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.;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 | Pinecone | null | null | null | null | null | null | Grok | 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 | prompt engineering | 180,000 | 9 |
783 | 784 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code | Claude Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | 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 | 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 | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | Yes, for medium-sized helper tool applications. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Claude-Code | null | null | null | null | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Social skills | null | 9 |
784 | 785 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 45 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Project manager | 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 24 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;PowerShell;Python;Swift | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows;MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | null | 116,015 | null |
785 | 786 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 12 | Developer, front-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | null | null | Fintech | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Uganda | UGX Ugandan shilling | 1,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;R;Rust | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Gradle;npm;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Vim | Android Studio;Vim | Android Studio;Vim | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;Google Colab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | null | Neutral | 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 | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | true | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | strongly typed programming | 278 | null |
786 | 787 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 12 | 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);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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 | 75 | 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;npm;Vite;Webpack | npm;Vite;Webpack | npm;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;WordPress | Node.js;WordPress | Node.js;WordPress | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner | GitHub;Microsoft Planner | GitHub;Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Logic games/puzzles | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers | null | null | Yes, partly, but there's much more to it then that. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing | 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 the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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.;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 | no | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to compare different solutions | null | 163,370 | 9 |
787 | 788 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, mobile | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 2 | Lebanon | USD United States dollar | 35,000 | Yes | C++;Swift | C;C++;Swift | C++;Swift | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Homebrew | Homebrew | Homebrew | Swift Package Manager (SPM)
Swift Package Manager (SPM) | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Xcode | Xcode | Xcode | NA
NA | SwiftData | c++23;SwiftData | SwiftData | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, it'll never be. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | null | 35,000 | 7 |
788 | 789 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 45 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 45 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;npm;NuGet;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;npm;NuGet;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;npm;NuGet;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Rider;WebStorm | Cursor;Rider;WebStorm | Cursor;Rider;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Jira;Markdown File | Jira;Markdown File | Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes. I use it to develop application features daily in my job. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | LangChain | LangChain | null | null | null | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | The coding will be gone, but the ability to design and create applications is the skill to develop. | 150,000 | 10 |
789 | 790 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 22 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 1 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 210,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lisp;TypeScript | Lisp | Lisp | Clojure
Clojure | Yes | H2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Datomic;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Podman;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Podman;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;React;Spring Boot | React | React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Debian | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Hacker News | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I 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 | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Thinking about complex problems | 260,385 | null |
790 | 791 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Database administrator or engineer | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | null | Manufacturing | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | null | null | 5
5 | Yes | Databricks SQL;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | null | null | 4
4 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Microsoft Fabric | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
791 | 792 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 7 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Kotlin | C# | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;NuGet;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | NuGet | NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Spring Boot | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider | Rider | gitpod+gitlab AI
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | Obsidian | Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models | null | null | gitlab AI
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;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 | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Fine for simple, unimportant work - or POC's.
I don't like debugging clearly AI written code. | 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. | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Systems and SRE type stuff, code review and testing to make sure whatever nonsense the bots produce is viable. | 110,000 | 5 |
792 | 793 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 17 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Java | Java | Java | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL | H2;MySQL | H2;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | 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 | Search for answers | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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 | Ollama | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 87,011 | 5 |
793 | 794 | 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.) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | null | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;React | Laravel;React | Laravel;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;PhpStorm | Notepad++;PhpStorm | Notepad++;PhpStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Redmine | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | 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);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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. | 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 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 | I think AI can takeover all the developer's skills, the way its boosting up. | null | 7 |
794 | 795 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 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 | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Axum | FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | Polars;RAG;Microsoft Fabric | Polars;Amazon Bedrock | Polars | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Coda;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | Coda;GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Notion | Coda;GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 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.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | null | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Customer service support | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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 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 | 7 |
795 | 796 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 1,850,000 | Yes | Elixir;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | Elixir;Rust;TypeScript;Gleam | Elixir;Rust;TypeScript | NA
Clojure, Roc | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;pnpm;Yarn | Bun;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;pnpm;Vite | Bun;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;pnpm | Deno
Deno | Yes | Deno;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Axum | Deno;Node.js;Phoenix;React | Deno;Node.js;React | Hono
Hono | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;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 | 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.;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 learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Capability to write well-structured and readable code and deep understanding how software system works under the hood. | 86,590 | 7 |
796 | 797 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | 20 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 47,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Ninja;npm;Pip;pnpm;Webpack | APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Webpack | APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Node.js;React | Deno;Node.js;React | Deno;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Debian;Fedora;Pop!_OS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | sometimes when the context separation is well designed | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | 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 | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | structural thinking, self-questioning, leadership, visionarity, system thinking, learning agility | 64,667 | 10 |
797 | 798 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 149,950 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Supabase;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Supabase;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Supabase;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | hostinger;Large Language Model;RAG | hostinger;Large Language Model;RAG | hostinger;Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | Windows;Debian | Windows;Debian | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | 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;Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no, vibe coding is for mockups or throw aways, as you quickly run into problems and code base can be an entire mess even if it appears clean | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | actual senior level software engineering knowledge and know-how alongside decades of experience. | 149,950 | 10 |
798 | 799 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | 48 | Developer, mobile | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Kotlin;Swift | Delphi;Kotlin;Swift | Kotlin;Swift | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | SwiftData
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | 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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | 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;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No, and don't really respect anyone doing it. The ones I have seen using it don't know what they are doing, do not understand the output and cannot debug or fix it if wrong | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Understanding what they are doing | null | 10 |
799 | 800 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Media & Advertising Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Go;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby | Go;JavaScript;Python;Ruby | Go;JavaScript;Python;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis | MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis | MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;jQuery;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;jQuery;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | 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 | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | Ollama;LangChain | 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 | null | 6 |
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