Stack Overflow Survey Results

Today Smile Gig Economy Won’t Somebody Think of the AIs Languages World-Conquerors Context Back to AI Back to Context, for Some Reason In a Hole Yesteryear Something Overflowed One of Many Content Warning: The more that I have thought about this post, the more it feels conceptually incomplete, something missing that I can’t identify. The analysis (and the laugh at an expense of a company going to seed) still feels worthwhile—otherwise I’d let the post sit for a few more weeks—but I have the sense that the numbers tell me something else. If it seems somewhat aimless, then, I may end up returning to finish the topic when I figure that direction out. Longtime readers might recall that, late last spring, I had a brief and somewhat grim laugh at Stack Overflow 2025 Developer Survey. In particular, I don’t recall the specific questions, but it seemed to have a specific agenda looking to nudge the results. Imagine some more professional version of this. Do you use generative AI in…