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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Windows;Android | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Ethical concerns
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip | APT;Cloudflare;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip | APT;Cloudflare;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;iOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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apk | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Reddit;YouTube | null | null | mastodon, ziggit
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NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
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NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Microsoft Azure;Prometheus;Splunk;Supabase | Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Splunk;Supabase | Docker;Prometheus;Splunk;Supabase | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android;iOS | Azure Devops;GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | I try, but oftentimes it does not really get it fully right. I mostly have to tweak the outcome to work. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Someone needs to understand the code the AI writes. I'm a bit scared of the implications otherwise. | 104,822 | 7 |
7,005 | 7,006 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | null | Student | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Webpack | Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Pip;pnpm;Vercel | Cloudflare;Docker;Pip;pnpm;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | 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;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Vibe coding is unreliable and not useful in larger, serious projects. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | I think AI tools won't replace humans at all. | null | null |
7,006 | 7,007 | I code primarily as a hobby | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
literally anything else | Other (please specify):
"AI first" bullshit | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Laravel;React;Svelte | FastAPI;Laravel;React;Svelte | FastAPI;Laravel;React;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Neovim;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Neovim;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Debian | Windows;MacOS;Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
comment / edit | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No, vibe coding is coding that idiots do to think they can make money because they can't actually put some thought into what they're writing and spend the effort to make a decent quality application. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | All of them, AI tools will become more capable, and then more people will have their systems compromised because the AI just regurgitates the same shit that it finds on stack / github with memory leaks, bugs and flaws. | null | null |
7,007 | 7,008 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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 | null | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS;iPadOS | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | coding
| null | null |
7,008 | 7,009 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 25 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Ireland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C# | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Datadog;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;NuGet | Chocolatey;Datadog;Docker;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;NuGet | Chocolatey;Datadog;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;NuGet | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;RAG | .NET 8 or higher;RAG | .NET 8 or higher;RAG | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Reddit;Dev.to;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Reddit;Dev.to;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Reddit;Dev.to;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;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 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | Seeing the big picture and planning accordingly | null | null |
7,009 | 7,010 | 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.) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 22 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 9 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Prometheus;Supabase;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Homebrew | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Homebrew | SST
SST | Yes | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Neovim;Zed | Neovim;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama;visionOS | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Twitch | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Twitch | 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 (people);Message Boards;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;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. | 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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Problem solving, debugging | 145,917 | 9 |
7,010 | 7,011 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 18 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | null | 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 | 4 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | 84,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Gleam | Gleam | Gleam | Moonbit
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Vite;Webpack | Fly
Fly | Yes | FastAPI;Fastify;Next.js;React | FastAPI;Fastify;React | FastAPI;Fastify;React | Hono
Hono | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | Clickup;GitHub | Clickup;GitHub | Clickup;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | On the way of becoming one. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 976 | 8 |
7,011 | 7,012 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 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);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 24 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | null | Israel | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;Mojo | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Debian;Arch;Fedora | Debian;Arch;Fedora | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Data and analytics | Integration with external agents and APIs | 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. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;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 want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Programming in Python, Java and C. | null | 10 |
7,012 | 7,013 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 2,200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python;Rust | C++;Lisp;Rust | C++;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | null | null | NA
Emacs | uv | c++23 | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows | null | null | null | SourceHut
SourceHut, Codeberg | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | null | 25,573 | 7 |
7,013 | 7,014 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 6,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;pnpm;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Fastify;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Angular;Deno;Node.js;Svelte;Axum | Angular;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Neovim;RustRover;WebStorm | Claude Code;Neovim;RustRover;WebStorm;Zed | Claude Code;Neovim;RustRover;WebStorm | NA
NA | hostinger;Large Language Model | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Monday.com;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Monday.com;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 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 | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | From my experience, the code generated by "vibe coding" can be pretty bad as it is not really context-aware and can be dangerous if checked in without thorough reviews. It has potential to be part of my professional development workflow but only if used with this in mind. | 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. | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | The ability to deeply understand code and its consequences, Software Architecture; anything more high-level probably | 6,961 | 8 |
7,014 | 7,015 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 35 | 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;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 35 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 20 | 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;R | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;R | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;R | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | DuckDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing 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 haven’t encountered any problems | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;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 | Problem solving and innovative solutions | null | null |
7,015 | 7,016 | 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 | 27 | 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;Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 35 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 100,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;MicroPython;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Rider;RustRover;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;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. It can be good for giving a starting point for languages or systems - but I use it more as a glorified search engine | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Yes - AIs are currently just mashing up existing code which still needs to come from people. It's good maybe for doing point stuff - but bug systems and building complexity I think is someway off. | 136,141 | 9 |
7,016 | 7,017 | 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 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL | C;C#;C++;Go;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | C;C++;Go;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | Firebase Realtime Database;Supabase | Firebase Realtime Database;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Make;Pacman;Pip | Docker;Firebase;Pip | Docker;Firebase;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;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 | null | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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 | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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 | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Perplexity | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | I believe low-level programming tasks may remain highly human dependent due to requirement of extreme precision and memory management. Also DevOps should be mostly human , according to me | null | 6 |
7,017 | 7,018 | 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 | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | 37 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 3,600,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust | C++;Java;Rust | C++;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip | Docker | Docker | Vultr, CMake
Vultr, Hetzner | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | null | null | Gerrit
Gerrit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards | 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 | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Vibe coding works for some simple tasks but not for complex issues. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | AI_agents_in_JetBrains_IDEs | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | AI_agents_in_JetBrains_IDEs | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Dealing with complex or untypical problems.
UI and UX questions where AI can't predict a human reaction and feedback. | 86,278 | 7 |
7,018 | 7,019 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;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 | 5 | Other (please specify): | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
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 | 8 | 8 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 2,880,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lisp;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;Pacman;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | Android;Arch | Debian;Arch;Red Hat | Doxygen;GitLab;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | NO | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 36,747 | 6 |
7,019 | 7,020 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | 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 | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use 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 | null | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;Python;R;Rust;SQL;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;Zig | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Make;Podman | Make;Podman;Prometheus | Make;Podman | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
i don't have an account so i've never done anything below this message | No, not at all | 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;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
7,020 | 7,021 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 1 | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Splunk;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Google Cloud;Homebrew;pnpm;Podman;Splunk;Vite | Datadog;Homebrew;pnpm;Splunk | NA
uv | Yes | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Astro;Django;FastAPI;Node.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm;Xcode;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | MacOS;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear;Miro;Obsidian | GitLab;Miro;Obsidian | Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | 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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
7,021 | 7,022 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Academic researcher | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Energy | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Egypt | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;Visual Basic (.Net) | 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 | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting 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 | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices | null | null | null |
7,022 | 7,023 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);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;Blogs or podcasts | 9 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
Node | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Heroku;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Datadog;Docker;Firebase;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Svelte | React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Shadcn/ui | Shadcn/ui | Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;Jira | Clickup;Miro;Monday.com;Notion | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;Medium | 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 | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | null | Writing code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 7 |
7,023 | 7,024 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 10 | Bangladesh | BDT Bangladeshi taka | 755,000 | Yes | C++;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | C;C++;Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Swift;TypeScript | C++;JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;Vite | Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Vite | Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;LangGraph | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | null | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Selling, marketing | 6,177 | 3 |
7,024 | 7,025 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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 | 5 | Developer, front-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 20 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 150,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;TypeScript;Zig | Elixir;Zig | Zig | Flow Templates language
Flow Templates language | Yes | Valkey | PostgreSQL;Valkey | Valkey | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Bun
Bun | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | iOS;Arch;iPadOS | Arch | Jira;Miro;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people) | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 1,914 | null |
7,025 | 7,026 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Database administrator or engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pip | Google Cloud;Pip | Google Cloud;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery | null | null | Cheetah
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim | Notepad++;Vim | Notepad++;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;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;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;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No - refuse to use it due to the overhead of debugging and the risk of not understanding what the code is doing. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | I expect that developers will spend more time debugging and writing code to handle edge cases and security vulnerabilties, as AI improves to where it can produce reliable code for the typical/intended use cases. | null | 7 |
7,026 | 7,027 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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;Blogs or podcasts | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Government | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | Zig | null | Clojure, ClojureScript
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite | Kubernetes | null | shadow-cljs, leiningen
NA | Yes | Spring Boot;Svelte | null | null | re-frame
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Neovim;Notepad++;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | No | 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 | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | 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 want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Translating requirements or problems into achivable chunks for AIs to solve and for us to keep track off. | 92,812 | 8 |
7,027 | 7,028 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Other (please specify): | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 16 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | null | Work | Robust and complete API
good documentation | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
remote work | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 71,820 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Poetry;Terraform;Vite | Cargo;Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Vite | Cargo;Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Vite | NA
OpenTofu | Yes | Astro;FastAPI;Vue.js;Axum | Astro;Deno;FastAPI;Vue.js;Axum | Astro;FastAPI;Vue.js;Axum | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Emacs
Emacs | Pydantic;Ollama;uv | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Mastodon
Mastodon | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Mistral AI models | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | 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 | fuck 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | Problem solving skills and critical thinking will continue to remain important, regardless of what the future holds. | 83,322 | 10 |
7,028 | 7,029 | 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 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 34 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Greece | EUR European Euro | 55,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | null | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per week | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | I haven’t encountered any problems | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | 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. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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. | 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 | Ollama | null | null | null | Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | To decide what is the limit that we have to set for AI models | 63,808 | 8 |
7,029 | 7,030 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 4 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Lua;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Lua;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Valkey | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Docker;Make;Pacman;Vite | Bun;Cargo;Docker;Make;Pacman;Vite | Bun;Docker;Make;Pacman;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Svelte | React | React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Android;Arch;NixOS | Arch | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
7,030 | 7,031 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | null | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 9 | Data scientist | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | R | R | R | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Observable JS, Shiny
Observable JS, Shiny | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | Quarto | Quarto | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Notion | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Other (write in): | null | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 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 quick help troubleshooting | null | 104,413 | 9 |
7,031 | 7,032 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 9 | Developer, QA or test | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 10 | Lithuania | EUR European Euro | 55,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | PowerShell;Python;Rust | PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;React | FastAPI | null | NA
htmx | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Microsoft Phi-4 models | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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.;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 | understand the code, fix a bug | 63,808 | null |
7,032 | 7,033 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 7 | Student | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Higher Education | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 3 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust;Swift | Python;Rust;Swift | Python;Rust;Swift | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip | Cargo | Cargo | Xcode
NA | Yes | Flask | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | I don't use Stack Overflow | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | I've used it for small parts of larger projects, usually to handle non-essential functions which require overly mathematical solutions or areas in which I have little experience. | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | I don't believe AI as it is progressing now will be capable enough to do large-scale programming. I think it's excellent for customising small, difficult and well-attested problems for specific use-cases, but I can't see it handling large open-ended logistics problems very well. | null | null |
7,033 | 7,034 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 21 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 30 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | 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 | 3 | 3 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | C++;Elixir;HTML/CSS | Elixir;HTML/CSS | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | Citus
Citus | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | Hologram
Hologram | Yes | Cursor;Nano;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning 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 | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;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 | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | system design | null | 7 |
7,034 | 7,035 | 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);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | 35 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | 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 | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 10 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 130,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Fedora | Windows;Red Hat;Fedora | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Other (write in):
Review responses on my answers | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code | null | Documenting code | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Architectural overview. If you rely on AI to much, you loose grip on your software. | 150,819 | null |
7,035 | 7,036 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | null | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS | Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | Meilisearch
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | Bun;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew | Bun;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew | Dokku
NA | Yes | Phoenix;Ruby on Rails | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | Elixir nx | Elixir nx, bumble bee | MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Linear | GitHub;Linear | GitHub;Linear | NA
NA | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | NA
NA | No | 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 | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. It does not build knowledge. Some things can only be learned in anger | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation | Language processing | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | Ollama | 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 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 | Architecture. Understanding the client and the problem | null | 7 |
7,036 | 7,037 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 9 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Fintech | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 7 | Tunisia | TND Tunisian dinar | 54,000 | Yes | Python | Go;Groovy;Java;MicroPython | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | Cassandra;Cosmos DB;Dynamodb | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Heroku;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus | Ansible;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Podman | Ansible;Make;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Drupal;FastAPI;Flask;Spring Boot | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Spring Boot | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Arch | Ubuntu;Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per week | 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 | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great 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 | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | When I want to learn best practices | yes | 18,330 | 7 |
7,037 | 7,038 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 3 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust | C++;Rust | C++;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Make | Cargo;MSBuild | Cargo | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NetBeans
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | Doxygen;GitLab;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | Markdown File;Trello | Post-it notes
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
Raise a flag | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | 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. | 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 | 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 | Communication! Especially in different languages (like in German or Spanish), so people can still collaborate in person. Also empathy and patience, so people can wait for someone to think, and would appreciate that someone can still use their brain. | 69,609 | 3 |
7,038 | 7,039 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | Switzerland | EUR European Euro | 20 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Lua;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lua;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lua;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Next.js | Next.js | Next.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;uv | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not 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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | null | 23 | null |
7,039 | 7,040 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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);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 | 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) | 14 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Banking/Financial Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | Jordan | JOD Jordanian dinar | 48,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | Jira;Trello | Jira;Trello | Jira;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Testing code | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | It could be. I still prefer to do the job by hand, but sometimes I like to explore LLM solutions and compare them with mine.
I’ve recently used Vibe Coding to generate some basic stuff, like exporting logic as endpoints and handling basic HTTP errors. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Language processing;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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.;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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Understanding the business and how to design and code accordingly | 67,702 | 7 |
7,040 | 7,041 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
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 | 2 | Peru | PEN Peruvian sol | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;Scala;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | MySQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;pnpm | NA
NA | Yes | Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Deno;Express;Fastify;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
Hono, Preact, Elysia | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | Cursor;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf;Zed | Cursor;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | NA
NA | Shadcn/ui | Shadcn/ui | Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Notion | NA
NA | YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Vibe coding can be used in little/toy/side projects, but for big/complex codebases it is not viable or at least more demanding than manual work. | 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. | 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;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 | It is difficult to predict how much a platform/tool can improve. So, we have to continue improving and learning, having strong foundations. Otherwise, how can you detect if a piece of software is correct (in context you need it)? Each line of code is a liability, our own liability, so we should treat it as if we had written it. If we have a security breach, we can't tell our customers (or the judge) "well, it was generated by AI, blame it". | null | 7 |
7,041 | 7,042 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | 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, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | 6,000,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows | Fedora | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per week | Job board | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | 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 | null | Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I don't think it will ever be. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | problem solving skills. the essence of engineering. creating innovating ways to implement something. | 142,433 | 8 |
7,042 | 7,043 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 16 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 2 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 660,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Prometheus;Webpack | Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Webpack | Jenkins, argo-cd
Jenkins, argo-cd | Yes | AngularJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Vim | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Other (write in):
Read answers to questions | No, not at all | 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;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, but managers overuse it to incorrectly estimate workload and do poor planning | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Maybe some architectural and design decisions will still benefit from having human influence, especially regarding maintainability and keeping the code possible to understand. But honestly, I'm not certain that my somewhat generic skills will be very valuable anymore. | 69,182 | 7 |
7,043 | 7,044 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 19 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 19 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Astro;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Shadcn/ui | Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Notion;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | null | Project planning | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, somewhat. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Data and analytics | Language processing;MCP servers | 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 | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | Ollama | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Replit;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | 8 |
7,044 | 7,045 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 35 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Greece | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
Clojure | Yes | H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | H2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Express;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
SolidJS | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | NA
Teams | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | It is not yet, but I have been using it more and more. I believe it is one of the methodologies that we will be using in the future. | 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.;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 | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Understanding people's needs. Translating them into understandable, and thus maintainable code. Seeing the full picture, the entire context of a project. | 81,210 | 8 |
7,045 | 7,046 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 26 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 9,000,000 | Yes | Java;Scala;SQL | Lisp;Rust;Scala;SQL | Scala;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Datomic;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Prometheus | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Axum | null | Play
Play, Micronaut | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Emacs
Emacs | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | Long-form articles | Answer a question
NA | 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 | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 114,835 | null |
7,046 | 7,047 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 6 | Developer, mobile | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;Groovy;Java;Kotlin;Lua | Go;JavaScript;Python | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | PyCharm;Xcode | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Arch | MacOS;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Logseq
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Direct messaging of users | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I haven’t encountered any problems | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | null | null | 7 |
7,047 | 7,048 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | 8,500,000,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;Neo4J;Clickhouse | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Pip;Webpack | Kubernetes;Prometheus | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Laravel | Symfony | null | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;Ollama | RAG | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No its not | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | High level design and planning systems. Reviewing architecture. Having knowledge on how thing actually work at underlying. IMO we need to deepen our knowledge in services and technologies to better design systems. | 201,780 | 4 |
7,048 | 7,049 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 15 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 82,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server | Databricks SQL | Databricks SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js | ASP.NET Core;Node.js | ASP.NET Core;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;Markdown File | Confluence;Doxygen;Markdown File | Confluence;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;Kaggle;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 | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes, but mostly for (development) tools or tests, very rarely for productive code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Cybersecurity | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | GAIA | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices | null | 95,132 | 7 |
7,049 | 7,050 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 42 | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 42 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | null | null | null | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;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 | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | Protect AI | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | null | null | 8 |
7,050 | 7,051 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 6 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | null | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 30,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | null | Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | null | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Not sure | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes, for some time I considered myself a vibe coder. However, I no longer use AI and rely on Stack Overflow and hope it doesnt fall in the AI loophole. | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | explaining issues and codes the human way. | 21,888 | 7 |
7,051 | 7,052 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 34 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 44 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 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 | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 12 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;Swift | Fortran | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | 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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | For framework boilerplate, sometimes. I’ll at least have a look, but may revert to manual coding. To much of my work is niche and the code base proprietary a d we can’t yet embrace exposing it to LLMs where we could get more benefit. We may get there one day | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | AutoGen (Microsoft) | 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 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 | Reading and writing code | 200,000 | 7 |
7,052 | 7,053 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | 30 | DevOps engineer or professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 57,000 | Yes | Lua;Python;SQL | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | null | null | CouchBase
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;New Relic;Prometheus;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing 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 | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not at all | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | I don't think AI will be a useful tool in the future. I'm better than any AI in finding answers and problem solving | 66,128 | 7 |
7,053 | 7,054 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | 6 | Academic researcher | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 6 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);F#;Go;HTML/CSS;Python;R;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;R;Rust;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;R;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | plain HTML
HTMX | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model | null | null | Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | null | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | Markdown File;Wikis | Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Hacker News | Hacker News | Hacker News | Mastodon, Lemmy
Mastodon, Lemmy | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | 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 | Message Boards;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 | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;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 about a codebase;Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | It is 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.;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.;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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
7,054 | 7,055 | 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) | 4 | 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 | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Other (please specify):
AI Integration | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Ninja;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite | APT;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;WebStorm | NA
NA | Pydantic | c++23;Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | 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;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no, it doesn't allow for any growth, reduces value of developers relying on those methods, and leads to unmaintainable code | 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. | 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 | 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 believe that understanding clients needs requires too much context for an ai, and also that the quality of AI generated code will only lower due to getting fed it's own output, so actually developing code will still be very useful. | null | 8 |
7,055 | 7,056 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 26 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm | Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;Ruby on Rails | Express;Next.js;Node.js;Ruby on Rails | Express;Next.js;Node.js;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | Confluence;GitHub | Confluence;GitHub | Confluence;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | 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;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | 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 daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Customer service support;Robotics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | ChromaDB;pgvector | null | Llama Index;Ollama;Semantic Kernel;LangChain;LangGraph | 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 compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | empathy, working with priorities. | 130,019 | null |
7,056 | 7,057 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 6 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | null | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 6 | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | 3,600,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | MongoDB;MySQL | MongoDB;MySQL | Realm DB
NA | null | APT;Cargo;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | APT;Cargo;npm;Vite | APT;Cargo;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Deno;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
Hono.js | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Ubuntu;Debian | Doxygen;Trello | GitLab;Jira;Notion | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive 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.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Microsoft Copilot | Grok, deepseek, qwen ai | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | System design and architecture, security, and algorithm development and mentoring | 85,460 | 6 |
7,057 | 7,058 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | null | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 2 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C;C#;Dart;Elixir;Erlang;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;Zig;Gleam | Dart;Elixir;Python;Rust;Zig;Gleam | Dart;Elixir;Python;Rust;Zig;Gleam | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian | Windows;Ubuntu | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
7,058 | 7,059 | 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);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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Energy | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 97,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript;Gleam | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Netlify;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Pacman;Podman;Prometheus;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Pacman;Podman;Prometheus;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Express;React | Astro;Express;React | Astro;Express;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | MacOS;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | null | 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 | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Vibe coding is not part of my work at all. | 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.;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 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 | 112,534 | 8 |
7,059 | 7,060 | 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 | 18 | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 23 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | 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 | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite | APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Node.js;React | Astro;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning | Learning about a codebase | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Customer service support | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | Vertex AI;CrewAI;Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | null | LangSmith;Langfuse | null | GitHub Copilot;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 | curiosity | 127,616 | 7 |
7,060 | 7,061 | 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 | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 16 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 11,000,000 | Yes | Elixir;Erlang;TypeScript | Elixir;Erlang | Elixir;Erlang | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Make | Heroku;Homebrew | Homebrew | Gigalixir
Gigalixir | Yes | Phoenix;Vue.js | Phoenix;Vue.js | Phoenix;Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Critical thinking? I hope | 75,997 | 5 |
7,061 | 7,062 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 4 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS;Java;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;FastAPI;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js | FastAPI;jQuery | FastAPI;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | 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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics;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 | null | 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 | 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. | 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 | null | null | 4 |
7,062 | 7,063 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | 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 | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 68,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Vercel;Vite | Vercel;Vite | deno
deno | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;Deno;NestJS;Node.js;Svelte | Deno;Svelte | Deno;Svelte | SvelteKit
SvelteKit | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | 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 | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | 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. | 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 | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | null | null | null | 78,890 | 7 |
7,063 | 7,064 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 6 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Algeria | DZD Algerian dinar | null | Yes | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | Assembly;Go;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | null | Composer;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | null | Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per week | Job board | null | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | Generating content or synthetic data | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices | Complexe conception and optimisation | null | 7 |
7,064 | 7,065 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | null | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 6 | Bangladesh | USD United States dollar | 6,000 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Firebase;Netlify;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Firebase;Heroku;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Firebase;Netlify;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Django;jQuery;Laravel;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | jQuery;Laravel;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);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 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | I dont know. | 6,000 | 2 |
7,065 | 7,066 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | 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 | 15 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 265,000 | Yes | C;C++;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Elixir;Rust;Zig | Elixir;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | null | null | fly.io
fly.io | Yes | Deno;Django;Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | phoenix liveview
phoenix liveview | Yes | Vim;Zed | Aider;Claude Code;Zed | Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | 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 | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | kinda | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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.;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;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | all the same skills we currently value | 265,000 | 8 |
7,066 | 7,067 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS | Windows;iOS | Confluence;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | 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 | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting 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;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Its not | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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.;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 | 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 | null | 69,609 | 5 |
7,067 | 7,068 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 40,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;MSBuild;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | Astro;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Microsoft Fabric;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | null | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Fixing and designing complex solutions. | 54,457 | 8 |
7,068 | 7,069 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript;Zig | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript;Zig | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Redis | null | null | Custom DB
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Homebrew;npm;Podman | Cloudflare;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Podman;Vite | Cloudflare;Homebrew;npm;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Node.js | Node.js | NA
solid.js | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | 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 | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;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;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something | Actual systems design and architecting, and performance focused code | 69,609 | 5 |
7,069 | 7,070 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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 | 17 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | United Arab Emirates | AED United Arab Emirates dirham | 480,000 | Yes | Kotlin;Python;Swift;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;Swift;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database | Firebase Realtime Database | Firebase Realtime Database | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud | Firebase;Google Cloud | Firebase;Google Cloud | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | 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 | MacOS | Notion | Notion | Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per week | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | high-level critical thinking, to recognize the bullshit included in some AI tools answers and test/catch their mistakes | 130,703 | 9 |
7,070 | 7,071 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Assembly;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Assembly;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite;Cockroachdb | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Terraform | Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Terraform | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Terraform | Hetzner
uv, Nix, Hetzner | Yes | Astro;Django;Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Next.js;React | Astro;Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Trae;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
Codex | Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);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 | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, I prefer using LLMs as a “copilot”. | 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. | 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. | 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 | How to structure code, learning a code base, debugging, writing performant code | null | 5 |
7,071 | 7,072 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 27 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 25 | 25 | Israel | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;C++;Swift | C;C++;Swift | C;C++;Swift | Objective C
Objective C | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Xcode | Vim;Xcode | Vim;Xcode | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Mastodon
Mastodon | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;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, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 5 |
7,072 | 7,073 | 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 | 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);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 8 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 8,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Dart | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Blazor;Express;Node.js;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Azure Devops | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;Bluesky;X;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | it is not. I strongly believe we can built smal pieces with vibe coding but rework is always necessary. I would say Vibe coding is mostly for non-tech or startups who need a product to work quickly before anything | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Architecturing,designing (solutions), refining specs with tech-touch | 55,271 | 6 |
7,073 | 7,074 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 28 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 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 | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Other (please specify):
Presence of AI or AI agents | Fintech | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 195,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Valkey | PostgreSQL | Timescale
Timescale | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | cdktf
NA | Yes | Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;Axum | Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | actix-web, hyper
actix-web, hyper | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | 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 | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | being able to write good code without AI, understanding business problems | 226,229 | 6 |
7,074 | 7,075 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 1 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C | Bash/Shell (all shells);C | Bash/Shell (all shells);C | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim | Nano | Nano | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | 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 | 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. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | I believe AI is capable of fully replacing humans. | null | null |
7,075 | 7,076 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 8 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
minimal | Ethical concerns
NA | null | 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 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 90,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;OCaml;Prolog;Rust;SQL;Swift;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Rust;SQL;Gleam | haskell
haskell | null | Firebase Realtime Database;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;SQLite | NA
NA | null | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Podman;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Vite;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;Phoenix;React | Astro;Svelte | null | Lustre
Lustre | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Cline and/or Roo;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cline and/or Roo;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG | RAG | RAG | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | zulip
zulip | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | null | null | null | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 90,000 | 3 |
7,076 | 7,077 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 1 | Project manager | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Energy | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | Afghanistan | AFN Afghan afghani | 600,000 | Yes | Ada;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell | Gleam | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL | Datomic;MySQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cargo | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET | null | null | yes
no | Yes | Aider;Android Studio;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Pydantic;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Red Hat | null | Airtable;Clickup | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Testing code | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | ChromaDB | no | Ollama | null | Metero | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;AgentGPT;Perplexity | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | yes | 8,450 | null |
7,077 | 7,078 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Volunteering (regularly) | 5 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 4 | Yemen | YER Yemeni rial | 5,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;React | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;React | 3
4 | Yes | null | null | null | 3
6 | Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | Google Gemini | 3 | 5 | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | null | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Less than one year | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | Documenting code | Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | نعم | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | الابتكار والمهارات مع الاستعانة بذكاء الاصطناعي | 21 | null |
7,078 | 7,079 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 0 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Python;SQL | Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Clickhouse | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Flask | Django;FastAPI;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | NA
NA | Polars;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini | Polars;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion;Wikis | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 75,410 | 7 |
7,079 | 7,080 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 3 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 840,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Prolog;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;F#;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig | NA
Lean, Nim | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis | DuckDB;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse;Valkey | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;NuGet;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;NuGet;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Nix, VictoriaMetrics, Vector
Nix, VictoriaMetrics, Vector | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;RustRover;VSCodium | Rider;RustRover;VSCodium | Rider;RustRover;VSCodium | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;uv | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | NixOS | NixOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. It is strictly worse than not doing it at all. | 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.;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 | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Project planning, overall software architecture, security auditing | 39,317 | 9 |
7,080 | 7,081 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 16 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 10 | Czech Republic | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | null | Cursor;Nano;Visual Studio Code | VSCodium | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;LangGraph | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Hacker News | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, vibe coding provide a lot of unnecessary code and complexity. It’s hard to read and understand | 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. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Ability to create robust architecture | null | 10 |
7,081 | 7,082 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 7 | Developer, back-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL | HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Vite | Cargo;Pacman;Poetry;Vite | Cargo;Pacman;Poetry;Vite | uv
uv | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Axum | Django | Django | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Polars;Pydantic;uv | Polars;Pydantic;uv | Polars;Pydantic;uv | null | null | Arch | Ubuntu | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | mkdocs
mkdocs | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord | Discord | 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 | null | null | 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;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, never, fuck it | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | null | null | 6 |
7,082 | 7,083 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 38 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 42 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 0 | 0 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 140,000 | Yes | C#;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;pnpm | Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;pnpm | Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;pnpm | fly.io
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | null | null | MacOS | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | 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 | Complex problem solving, architecture | 102,142 | 10 |
7,083 | 7,084 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 3 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | null | null | null | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;PowerShell;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Neovim;Vim | Nano;Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Arch | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 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 | As you understand something fully, you are way better at problem solving than someone that understands it on the surface. AI might be able to do much more in the future but I believe problem solving by human capabilities of people knowing their subject very well will remain better than barely knowing the subject + asking AI. Also it’s already been ~3 years since ChatGPT and it has got better, but not as better as they said to us | null | 7 |
7,084 | 7,085 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, 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 | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Engineering manager | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Google Colab | Google Colab | Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos | 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 | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Using AI in development works, Prompts , API etc | null | null |
7,085 | 7,086 | 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 | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 15 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | npm;Pip;Webpack | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Terraform;Webpack | npm;Pip;Webpack | Scalingo
NA | Yes | Django;NestJS;React | Django;NestJS;Next.js;React | Django;NestJS;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;WebStorm;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;WebStorm | NA
NA | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub;Monday.com | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Daily or almost daily | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;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 | Learning about a codebase | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No it's not | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs;Other specific task (write in): | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Junie | 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 | The ability to synthesize a real-world process or issue | null | 9 |
7,086 | 7,087 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 28 | 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 | 36 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python | Go;Rust;Zig | Go | NA
Odin | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Docker;Homebrew;Podman | Docker;Homebrew;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I 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 want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | first time engineering | 104,413 | null |
7,087 | 7,088 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | null | Finland | EUR European Euro | 53,500 | Yes | C#;Java;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;SQL | C#;SQL | DAX (PowerBI)
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL | IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Android;Fedora | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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 | Complete understanding of a project. AI can understand some parts of a large project, but comprehension of contex is lost. | 62,068 | null |
7,088 | 7,089 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 52 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
Toxic user community | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 40 | 30 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 9,600,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Elixir;Erlang;Fortran;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;Python;R | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip | APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | Node.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails | Node.js | Bootstrap
Bootstrap | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Helix Editor
Helix Editor | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or 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 | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I haven't really used vibe coding yet for my own development work yet. | No, but I 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.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | You still need to think and derive answers from your own ideas in your own natural language. | 66,325 | 10 |
7,089 | 7,090 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 4 | AI/ML engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 1 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 32,600 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | C++;Python;Rust | C++;Python;Rust | Nim
Nim | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Make;MSBuild;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Poetry | Bun;Cargo;Docker;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry | Cargo;Docker;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Poetry | Nimble
Nimble | Yes | Django;Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);NixOS | Doxygen;GitHub;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No, it isn't. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Real reasoning and problem solving. Integrating domain-specific knowledge within code. Planning complex solutions for the specific domain. | 37,821 | 7 |
7,090 | 7,091 | 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 | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 20 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 1,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lisp;MicroPython;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Groovy;Java;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Groovy;Java;MicroPython;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;Dynamodb;H2;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip;Podman;Prometheus | APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip;Podman;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | FastAPI;Spring Boot | FastAPI;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NetBeans
Netbeans | Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Long-form articles | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 70,208 | 8 |
7,091 | 7,092 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | 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);Books / Physical media;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 | Colleague or on-the-job training | 12 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 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 | Reputation for quality
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 | 5 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust;SQL | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Terraform | Cargo;Podman | Cargo;Podman | uv
uv | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Helix
Helix | Large Language Model;uv | uv | uv | null | null | MacOS;NixOS | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Maybe 1 day a month for a one off shell script | 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.;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 | 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 | null | 127,616 | 8 |
7,092 | 7,093 | 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);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Higher Education | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 130,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | Qcodo
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | 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 week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI is simply an annoying word buzzing in our ears constantly, but it is simply automation. Automation is the reason for programming and drives the value of StackOverflow and developer skills. | 130,000 | 10 |
7,093 | 7,094 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 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) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 15 | Engineering manager | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 250,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Datadog | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Svelte;Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Daily or almost daily | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | 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 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 | Critical thinking, ability to get AI to become stronger and better through proper and efficient prompting | 250,000 | 10 |
7,094 | 7,095 | 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 | 20 | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C# | null | NA
NA | Yes | Redis | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Railway | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot;Vue.js | Next.js;Nuxt.js;React | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Trae;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Visual Studio | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Search for answers | 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 | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 |
7,095 | 7,096 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;MATLAB;Python;R | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python;R | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python;R | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub | 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 | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per week | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | 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;Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | pgvector | null | Llama Index | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | The ability to formulate real-world problems (often ambiguous and fuzzy) into technical ones and develop new approaches to the problem. | null | null |
7,096 | 7,097 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Prometheus | APT;Docker;Pip;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask | Angular;FastAPI;React;Spring Boot;Axum | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Polars;Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | Polars;Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | Polars;Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | MacOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions | Problem solving | null | 9 |
7,097 | 7,098 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Elixir;Erlang;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | Elixir;Erlang;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | Elixir;Erlang;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;PostgreSQL | Cassandra;PostgreSQL | Cassandra;PostgreSQL | NA
vespa | Yes | Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;npm;Prometheus | Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Prometheus | Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;npm;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Perplexity Sonar models | Perplexity Sonar models | Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | Other (write in): | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | cursor | null | all | null | 9 |
7,098 | 7,099 | 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 | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 36 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 19 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 950,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Erlang;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | null | null | clojure
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | ravendb
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;Express;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | null | Clickup;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Other (write in): | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | I have worked with some of the best AI software development solutions.
All without exception fail at some point, or you end up in situations where AI hallucinates some nonexistent API calls or methods.
And as the codebase gets bigger, you lose the ability to maintain the code.
I Think that AI will replace most junior devs, and perhapse some senior too. | 147,744 | 8 |
7,099 | 7,100 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 12 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 105,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | RocksDB
RocksDB | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Prometheus;Webpack | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Prometheus | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | MacOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code | Thinking out of the box. | 121,815 | 8 |
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