Dev Tools Survey Trends 12 surveys · 1011 responses · Dec 8 to Oct 1
How developers build with AI, tracked across every wave of our dev tools survey. Questions repeated over time are aggregated here so you can watch the answers shift.
The Oct 1 survey is open. Take it What's your primary AI coding tool right now? Asked in 12 of 12 surveys
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Claude Code 67% (57) ▼ 1 Cursor 4% (3) ▲ 1 GitHub Copilot 6% (5) ▲ 3 Codex 14% (12) ▼ 1 OpenCode 1% (1) ±0 Windsurf 1% (1) ▲ 1 Kiro 0% (0) ±0 Anysphere 0% (0) ±0 Other 7% (6) ▼ 3
Which model do you reach for most? Asked in 12 of 12 surveys
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Claude 71% (60) ▲ 7 OpenAI 19% (16) ▼ 5 Gemini 1% (1) ▼ 2 Grok 2% (2) ▲ 1 Open Source 6% (5) ▲ 1 Whatever's default 0% (0) ▼ 1 Other 1% (1) ▼ 2
What actually drives your model choice? Asked in 12 of 12 surveys
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Speed 5% (4) ▼ 3 Cost 9% (8) ▼ 5 Context window 2% (2) ▼ 2 Output quality 66% (56) ▲ 14 Vibes/habit 15% (13) ▼ 2 Other 2% (2) ▼ 2
How do you primarily write code with AI? Asked in 12 of 12 surveys
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CLI tools 56% (48) ▼ 10 IDE extensions 11% (9) ▲ 3 Agentic IDEs 13% (11) ▲ 3 Orchestrators 14% (12) ▲ 1 Loopers 1% (1) ±0 Chat + copy/paste 1% (1) ±0 Other 4% (3) ▲ 4
Have you let an AI coding agent run unsupervised for 30+ minutes? Asked in 11 of 12 surveys
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Yes, regularly 82% (56) ▲ 7 Tried it once or twice 15% (10) ▼ 6 No 3% (2) ▼ 2 Didn't know that was possible 0% (0) ±0
On a typical day, how much of your coding time is spent reviewing code? Asked in 12 of 12 surveys
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<5% 56% (48) ▲ 5 ~20% 22% (19) ▼ 1 ~50% 11% (9) ±0 ~75% 5% (4) ▼ 6 Almost all of it 6% (5) ▲ 1
Biggest pain point with current AI coding tools? Asked in 12 of 12 surveys
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Context limits 9% (8) ▼ 5 Hallucinations 20% (17) ▲ 2 Too slow 27% (23) ▲ 4 Security/trust 9% (8) ▼ 1 Cost 26% (22) ▲ 2 Other 8% (7) ▼ 2
What is the maximum number of agents you have running simultaneously? Asked in 9 of 12 surveys
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1 6% (5) ▲ 3 2-3 15% (13) ▼ 14 4-6 27% (23) ▼ 4 7-15 24% (20) ▲ 4 15+ 28% (24) ▲ 11
What's your biggest challenge with multi-agent workflows? Asked in 9 of 12 surveys
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Git/file conflicts 15% (13) ▲ 5 Cost / rate limits 18% (15) ▼ 7 Lack of tooling 16% (14) ▲ 9 Sharing context between agents 21% (18) ▼ 4 Reviewing the output 24% (20) ▼ 4 Don't use multi-agent 5% (4) ▲ 2 Other 1% (1) ±0
What do you use for Agent Issue/Task management? Asked in 9 of 12 surveys
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MCP (Jira/Linear) 25% (21) ▲ 7 CLI (GitHub Issues etc.) 25% (21) ±0 Local CLI (Beads) 11% (9) ▼ 7 Local markdown files 26% (22) ▲ 4 I don't 13% (11) ▲ 3 Other 1% (1) ▼ 6
Which part of your stack has been the most difficult for AI coding agents to work with? Asked in 5 of 12 surveys
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Frontend frameworks 24% (20) ▲ 4 Backend frameworks 7% (6) ▲ 3 Databases & ORMs 6% (5) ▼ 3 Infrastructure / IaC 13% (11) ▲ 1 Build systems & monorepos 12% (10) ▲ 4 AI / agent frameworks 11% (9) ▼ 7 Legacy code 2% (2) ▼ 5 Internal platforms & proprietary systems 11% (9) ▲ 5 None / haven't experienced significant issues 11% (9) ▼ 1 Other 5% (4) ▼ 1
