Hannah Henderson

Announcing the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, a study of AI software tool adoption, proficiency, and transformation among professional software developers globally. Key findings: 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: 98% of surveyed developers use AI coding tools several times a week. That being said, there is still some resistance among senior developers with them reporting less adoption. 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀: There is strong adoption with “explain this” workflows, debugging, test generation, document generation, UI development, and code review. Security use cases however trail behind. 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲: These two have emerged as the coding platform category winners, though many developers are experimenting with other tools. Dedicated code review platforms still aren’t as widely adopted. 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀: Frontend use cases are seeing the largest productivity gains. However in other software categories like infrastructure, mobile, and design the gains are not as widely perceived. 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵: Developers are mostly happy with their AI coding tool setups though satisfaction levels drop at larger companies. 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱: Hallucination and lack of customization are reported as some of the biggest AI software failure modes. Of additional note, developers say context switching among tasks has become worse with AI coding. Full link to report: stateof.themodernsoftware.dev

wow, @honeycombio Canvas is really cool ❤️

I've been a fan of @warpdotdev for years from the first time I fixed a database migration with AI from my terminal to their evolution into one of the most popular agentic development environments in the world. Today Warp is used by over 500K developers, generating 3M agents daily and 250M+ lines of code weekly. So I'm incredibly excited to have @zachlloydtweets, CEO and founder of Warp, give a guest lecture at our Stanford course 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿. He'll be discussing Warp’s journey across as its evolution as an agentic development environment to the reimagining of the terminal as an intelligent, collaborative workspace. Expect a live demo, a deep dive into the business of AI coding tools, and reflections on why it’s an incredible time to be a developer. Come join us this 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 (𝟭𝟬/𝟮𝟰) 𝗮𝘁 𝟴:𝟯𝟬𝗮𝗺 𝗣𝗦𝗧 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟮𝟬-𝟬𝟰𝟭 on Stanford campus.