{
  "id": 12390555,
  "title": "The results of the 2026 Developer Survey are here!",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/the-results-of-the-2026-developer-survey-are-here",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-06T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stack Overflow Blog",
    "slug": "stack-overflow-blog",
    "url": "https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/10/06/the-results-of-the-2026-developer-survey-are-here/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 2026 Developer Survey has provided insights into the evolving landscape of software development. With 30,000 participants, the survey examined work habits, technologies, learning strategies, and AI usage among developers. Only 18% of developers work daily in an office, and AI and layoffs have altered the employer-employee dynamic. Freelancers, contractors, or self-employed developers have increased from 4% to 10%. SQL and Rust are among the top ten used programming languages, with SQL moving up to the second position. In terms of AI, 73% of respondents use AI coding assistants daily, and 71% view AI positively. Claude Code and GitHub Copilot are the most popular AI tools. Developers primarily use AI for code generation and debugging. The survey also highlights that 79% of developers want to improve their AI skills, while 52% continue to learn new coding skills. Context is crucial in agentic engineering, and trusted sources include project goals, code, and documentation. Developers and employers are increasingly considering token costs and model routing, but quality is valued more than cost when shaping prompts and selecting models.",
  "summary": "Below, we’ll highlight some of the results we found interesting about what's going in the life of technologists, their technologies, AI usage, and more.",
  "key_points": [
    "30,000 developers participated in the 2026 survey",
    "Only 18% work daily in an office",
    "SQL and Rust rank in top ten programming languages"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Stack Overflow Blog",
        "title": "Tales from the 2026 Developer Survey results",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/tales-from-the-2026-developer-survey-results",
        "published": "2026-10-06T14:04:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}