Professional Software Developers Don’t Vibe, They Control: AI Agent Use for Coding in 2025 99 respondents, surveyed from 8/18 to 9/23, about three months ago. That was before GPT-5.2 and Claude 4.5, so it can only reflect trends as of three months ago, but it’s well worth a look.
Professional Software Developers Don't Vibe, They Control
ChiChieh HuangFounder · AI engineer Translated from the Chinese original · Read the original
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