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8,001 | 8,002 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,002 | 8,003 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,003 | 8,004 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,005 | 8,006 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 30 | DevOps engineer or professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | Media & Advertising Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
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Clojure, Emacs Lisp | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Emacs
Emacs | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | 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;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Videos | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
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8,006 | 8,007 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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 | 3 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin | SQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | Windsurf | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | MacOS;iOS | null | null | null | NA
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Problem solving,
Business contract | 160,000 | 8 |
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8,008 | 8,009 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,009 | 8,010 | 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 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 5 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
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8,010 | 8,011 | 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) | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,011 | 8,012 | 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 | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Data or business analyst | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,012 | 8,013 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,013 | 8,014 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 6 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 0 | Sudan | USD United States dollar | 9,600 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;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 | Yes, it is. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9,600 | 8 |
8,014 | 8,015 | 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 | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 17 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,015 | 8,016 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;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 | 7 | Data engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 7 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL | C++;Go;Lua;Rust;Scala | Lua;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Pip;Poetry | Bun;Cargo;Poetry | Cargo;Poetry | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini;LangGraph;uv | Pydantic;RAG;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;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 | 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 | 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. | 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 help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Deep Understanding of complex Code | null | null |
8,016 | 8,017 | 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 | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 9 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | null | null | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | 372,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | not really | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 109,421 | 6 |
8,017 | 8,018 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 33 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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 | 20 | 20 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;R | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;R | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Valkey | DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Pip;Poetry;Supabase;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Supabase;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Pip;Poetry;Supabase | uv
uv | Yes | FastAPI | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Airtable;Coda;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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 | Developing. Coding is just a tool we started from punch cards to assembly to C/C++ to Java etc. What is important is to bring what we designed alive. | 139,218 | 7 |
8,018 | 8,019 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,019 | 8,020 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 5 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,020 | 8,021 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,021 | 8,022 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,022 | 8,023 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 15 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,023 | 8,024 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,024 | 8,025 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,025 | 8,026 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,026 | 8,027 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 21 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Higher Education | You like your manager
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 158,760 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Supabase | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Terraform | Honeycomb
Honeycomb | Yes | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Arch | Arch | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | I don’t think AI will significantly change the skills we need to develop. | 184,185 | 8 |
8,027 | 8,028 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;Pip;Splunk | Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;Pip | Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Doxygen;Markdown File;Obsidian | Doxygen;Obsidian;Redmine | Doxygen;Obsidian | Phorge
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all 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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | 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;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | Redis;LanceDB | null | Llama Index;OpenRouter | 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 | For debugging issues found in highly-complex, distributed systems or ones in which reliability and availability are the highest priority. | 150,000 | 10 |
8,028 | 8,029 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 16 | Database administrator or engineer | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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8,029 | 8,030 | 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 | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 30 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | null | null | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
Good documentation | Security or privacy concerns
Shoehorned AI features | Other: | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 16 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 72,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python | Rust | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;MSBuild;Ninja;Pip | Ansible | null | CMake
yum | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | CLion
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Obsidian;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | null | null | Mastodon
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NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | The Wikipedia definition you link to mentions the central problems of "vibe coding": it is error prone and not entirely reviewed, tested, and understood. That kind of code has no place in professional development work. | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Communication, problem solving, creativity, code reviews - _writing_ code is only a minor part of software development. | 83,531 | 6 |
8,030 | 8,031 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,031 | 8,032 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Cloud infrastructure engineer | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,032 | 8,033 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,033 | 8,034 | 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 | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 24 | Support engineer or analyst | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,034 | 8,035 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Retired | None of the above | 52 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,035 | 8,036 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,036 | 8,037 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 8 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,037 | 8,038 | 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 | 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 | null | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,038 | 8,039 | 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 | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,039 | 8,040 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,040 | 8,041 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 25 | Developer, back-end | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,041 | 8,042 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 41 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
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NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 550,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;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 | Rarely, and for small, well defined tasks | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 550,000 | null |
8,042 | 8,043 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, 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 | 4 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,043 | 8,044 | 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 | 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 | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 18 | Developer, mobile | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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8,044 | 8,045 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not 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) | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Blogs or podcasts | 11 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 3 | Philippines | PHP Philippine peso | 1,900,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Erlang;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;PHP;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Elixir;Go;Python;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | Cassandra;Cockroachdb | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Pacman;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Deno;Django;Express;Fastify;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js;WordPress | Flask;Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;ChromeOS | Airtable;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Deployment and monitoring | 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 don’t use AI tools regularly | Mostly generating unmaintainable code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 33,362 | null |
8,045 | 8,046 | 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 (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);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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Developer, front-end | 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 | Robust and complete API
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8,046 | 8,047 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,047 | 8,048 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | 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 | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Kenya | KES Kenyan shilling | 2,000,000 | Yes | JavaScript;PHP;Rust;TypeScript | C;Rust;Zig | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | Neo4J | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Railway;Vercel;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;Laravel;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Deno;Axum | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Twitch | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 15,480 | 9 |
8,048 | 8,049 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 27 | 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 | 29 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 180,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;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;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Search for answers | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 180,000 | 9 |
8,049 | 8,050 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 13 | Other (please specify): | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 105,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Search for answers | 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 | 142,949 | 10 |
8,050 | 8,051 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | null | No | null | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Elixir;Erlang;Lisp;Lua;Prolog;Python;Rust | Assembly;C++;F#;Lisp;Lua;Prolog;Rust | Assembly;C++;Lisp;Lua;Prolog;Rust | NA
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NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
8,051 | 8,052 | 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 | 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 | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 15 | Developer, game or graphics | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,052 | 8,053 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | 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 | 16 | Applied scientist | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,053 | 8,054 | 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.) | Employed | None of the above;Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 9 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,054 | 8,055 | 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;Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,055 | 8,056 | 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;Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,056 | 8,057 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,057 | 8,058 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,058 | 8,059 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | null | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Mauritius | MUR Mauritian rupee | null | Yes | C;Python;Swift | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Claude Code;Vim;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
8,059 | 8,060 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,060 | 8,061 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,061 | 8,062 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,062 | 8,063 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,063 | 8,064 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, QA or test | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Retail and Consumer Services | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,064 | 8,065 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);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) | 25 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 0 | India | INR Indian rupee | 4,800,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL | MongoDB;MySQL | MongoDB;MySQL | ArcadeDB
ArcadeDB | Yes | Docker;Webpack | Docker;Webpack | Docker;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Jira | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Search for answers | I don’t use AI tools regularly | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Software Architecture and Design, Implementation of software design in code | 55,795 | 10 |
8,065 | 8,066 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 30 | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,066 | 8,067 | 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 | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 9 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,067 | 8,068 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 7 | Support engineer or analyst | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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8,068 | 8,069 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,069 | 8,070 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 21 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 38 | 27 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;Delphi;GDScript;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;C;C++;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash
Bash | Yes | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;H2;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;H2;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4 | c++23 | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;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 | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Other (write in):
Find solutions to problems I have | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, nor do I "vibe-drive" to work. AI is a great new tool, but not a replacement for human thought and judgement. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation;Cybersecurity | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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 | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | LeChat | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Critical thinking, analytical skills, verbal communication, ethics and judgement | 75,410 | 9 |
8,070 | 8,071 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 14 | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 18 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | null | null | Retail and Consumer Services | 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 | 60,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Terraform;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 69,609 | 8 |
8,071 | 8,072 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,072 | 8,073 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 7 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Manufacturing | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Canada | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Netlify | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Netlify | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Netlify | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel | Laravel | Laravel | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Notion | Notion | Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Testing code | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 |
8,073 | 8,074 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 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) | 10 | Engineering manager | Less than 20 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 6 | 3 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 68,000 | Yes | Dart;Java;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 78,890 | 8 |
8,074 | 8,075 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,075 | 8,076 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,076 | 8,077 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 40 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 45 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,077 | 8,078 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 24 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 8 | India | INR Indian rupee | 7,800,000 | Yes | C#;Lisp;Python;Scala | Go;Java;Lisp;Python;Rust;Scala;Zig | Lisp;Python;Scala | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;DuckDB;H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | pnpm;Poetry | pnpm;Poetry | pnpm;Poetry | sbt, Mill
sbt, Mill | Yes | ASP.NET Core | Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Aider;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky | mastodon
mastodon | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Message Boards;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | null | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | null | 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 compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 90,667 | 2 |
8,078 | 8,079 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | 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;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 11 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;VSCodium;Windsurf;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini | Amazon Bedrock | null | null | Windows;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Clickup;GitHub;Jira | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | Clickup;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
8,079 | 8,080 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 7 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 103,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MongoDB | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | Cargo;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | Cargo;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Substack | 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;Job board | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | Project planning;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 | Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | 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 | Communication, software architecture, robust analysis, performance tuning, modernising old code... | 28,109 | 8 |
8,080 | 8,081 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (part-time) | 33 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 43 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 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 | Higher Education | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,081 | 8,082 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc);Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 11 | Developer, front-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,082 | 8,083 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Data engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Other: | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,083 | 8,084 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 36 | 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) | No | null | null | null | Manufacturing | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 130,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;TypeScript;VBA | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Flask;Node.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Flask;Node.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | Joplin
Joplin | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I don't usually do it, but I am affected by it, e.g. when I receive vibe-coded pull requests. | 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 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 | Nearly all of them. They are racking up tech debt faster now, so well-trained software experts will be sorely needed in the future. | 150,819 | null |
8,084 | 8,085 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,085 | 8,086 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 1 | System administrator | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,086 | 8,087 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,087 | 8,088 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | 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;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) | 22 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 7 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | null | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;MSBuild;npm;Pacman;Pip;Vite | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pacman;Pip;Vite | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pacman;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | Angular;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | Angular;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;VSCodium | Android Studio;Claude Code;VSCodium | Android Studio;Claude Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | 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 | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | null | Bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | IT operations | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Roo code (Roo-Cline) | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Management | 92,812 | 8 |
8,088 | 8,089 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Fintech | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,089 | 8,090 | 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 | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 45,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;npm;pnpm;Vite | Docker;npm;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;Fastify;Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | Angular;Express;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Angular;Express;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Preact
Prect | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | Gitea
Gitea | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;Substack | Bluesky | Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | 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 | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. I would not considered myself "professional" if it was. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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): | Every skill required today. AI is yet only capable to solve really simple problems, and only sometimes. I think we cannot be professional and accept to loose skills. Even if we could use AI, we still need to be able to verify and maintain the output. AI is currently only capable of the simplest work, and even then, it does not always make it easier. | 52,207 | 8 |
8,090 | 8,091 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 40 | 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 | 45 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,091 | 8,092 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify):;Books / Physical media | 2 | Project manager | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | null | null | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 5 | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | Writing code | null | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
8,092 | 8,093 | 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.) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Higher Education | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 95,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Linear;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;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 | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Partially, it is | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Implementation, understanding of the system, understanding of the requirements | 129,334 | 7 |
8,093 | 8,094 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 16 | 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);Books / Physical media | 30 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
8,094 | 8,095 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
Out-of-the-box solution to the problem I'm working on | Other (please specify):
Doesn't solve the problem I have out of the box | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
Good Work Life Balance | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 25 | 15 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | Blazor | Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Basecamp
Basecamp | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Predictive analytics | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not really. For me, vibe coding rarely, if ever, results in a solution I'm happy with. It may work, but the code structure is rarely something I like as-is, and getting AI to structure things as I want them usually leads to degradation of some other functionality or code structure. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 200,000 | 8 |
8,095 | 8,096 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,096 | 8,097 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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8,097 | 8,098 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 13 | 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 | Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 190,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 190,000 | 8 |
8,098 | 8,099 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 57 | 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 | 49 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Other (please specify):
Solves the problem | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 50 | 30 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | 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;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | 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 | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 9 |
8,099 | 8,100 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 24 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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