23% of Devs Regularly Use AI Agents, per Stack Overflow Survey
78% of this year’s Stack Overflow developer survey use AI tools in the development process, up from 62% last year. We look at the key stats.
Tag: Artificial intelligence
AI-Generated Code Usually Needs Refactoring
Claude, Supermaven and Cursor users are much more likely to say they had a positive experience than users of other AI-based developer tools. Users of Google Gemini, JetBrains AI and Meta’s Llama are much less likely to report having a positive experience with those technologies. […]
AI Models Deployed in the Cloud Increases, Per Data Science Study
Ignore the anecdotal stories you’re hearing about AI workloads driving a migration from the cloud to on-premises and private cloud environments. In 2024, only 27% of professional respondents in Anaconda’s latest “State of Data Science” report deploy most of their models to on-premises servers, which […]
What’s Ahead for AI-Assisted Coding, Open Source and More
AI-assisted development will challenge developers as they review the quality of the code generated and integrate tools into their workflows. There is concern that 1) an increase in AI-generated code actually increases developers’ workload because it requires manual review, and 2) inexperienced developers won’t be able to identify when AI spits out bad code.
Observability and AI
24% of a New Relic survey use AIOps capabilities, down from 41% when the same study was conducted in 2023. The drop may be a response to AIOps’ bad reputation, and a rebranding to AI-powered observability better picks up actual usage patterns.
Salary Pressures, Not AI, Vex Developers, Says Stack Overflow
Professional developers’ adoption of AI tools in the development process has risen rapidly, going from 44% in 2023 to 62% in 2024.
Data Streaming Platforms: A Prerequisite for Enterprise AI
Data streaming platforms are essential for adopting AI/machine learning at enterprise scale, according to nearly two-thirds of IT leaders
JetBrains Developer Survey Tracks Rapid Adoption of AI
51% believe AI-powered code generation will increase demand for professional software developers. However, given the opportunity, 56% of respondents would let an AI assistant write code comments and documentation. In contrast, only 17% would delegate the writing of code to an AI assistant.
AI Will Drive Streaming Data Use — But Not Yet, Report Says
While AI/ML gets a lot of attention, it is not the most common use case for data streaming. Real-time analytics is used by 71% of data streamers in the Redpanda survey, followed by 64% supporting e-commerce transactions with streaming data. Internet of Things (IoT), fraud detection and personalization are also commonly supported. A still impressive 47% of survey participants have a situation where AI/ML uses streaming data.
How Important Is Open Source to AI Adoption?
Among the whopping survey respondents who are using or planning to use LLMs, only 27% actually expect a commercial version to be used in production. Almost half (47%) of those with no plans to use a commercial LLM cited a desire not to share proprietary information with vendors. In comparison, only 17% said the reason is because commercial LLMs are too expensive to scale.
70% of Devs Using or Will Use AI, Says Stack Overflow Survey
44% of developers said they already use AI tools in their development process, and another 26% plan to do so soon. When this group was asked what specific AI-powered developer tools they use, 55% mentioned GitHub Copilot, while 13% use Tabnine and 5% use Amazon Web Services CodeWhisperer. The other seven tools included in the survey were used by no more than 2%.
Data Practitioners Prefer to Collaborate on GitHub
Although the collaboration tools space is getting more crowded, machine learning and data practitioners still prefer GitHub to other tools, says the latest survey by Kaggle.