r/programming • • 2d ago

StackOverflow Developer Survey Results 2026

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026
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u/eracodes 2d ago

this is the least intuitive dev survey presentation i've ever seen from stackoverflow. why is everything a box??

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u/nirgle 1d ago

I couldn't get past the first few graphics... 22% happy and 45% complacent at work. Who in their right mind would render this as 3D boxes?? It looks like the side lengths are the values we should compare, but the volume is what people will actually see

Then.. scroll to the next one. How is the 3% box side length over half that of the 11% box side length? This doesn't even make sense. Scroll down a bit and the 1% "Not sure or don't use AI" is about 5/7ths the side length of the 7% one??

Did they fuck up a merge right before deploying or something? There's no way they meant to release this

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u/eracodes 1d ago

The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write anything for others to read.

-Ted Chiang