An explosion in software engineers using AI coding tools?
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GitHub just published a survey about developer productivity and AI coding tools. The company hired an external research agency to survey 500 US-based software developers who work at large, 1,000+ person organizations.
I reached out to GitHub to get more details on how the survey was conducted. Some details about the population surveyed — which were not published on the original survey:
Back in April, we covered the productivity impact of AI tools, based on a survey of engineers who’ve been using AI coding tools for some time. While I know of few developers who don’t occasionally use ChatGPT, or have not tried an AI coding assistant, I always assumed this must be within my bubble. But this research indicates these tools have spread far and wide.
