Overview

• Stack Overflow’s survey of over 49,000 developers shows AI tool use rising to 84%, up from 76% last year.
• Trust in AI-generated code has dropped to 33% and overall approval has slipped to 60%, down from 43% and 72% in 2024.
• Among developers using AI agents, 70% report faster task completion and 69% note productivity gains, yet only 38% say code quality has improved.
• Forty-five percent of developers cite ‘almost-right’ AI solutions as their top frustration, with 66% spending more time debugging flawed output.
• Seventy-five percent of developers turn to colleagues when AI falls short, while over half avoid advanced AI agents and 72% do not practice ‘vibe coding’.