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AI coding survey — results

72 developers, architects, and IT leaders from the IBM i and enterprise coding community told us how they really use AI today.

No names, no emails, no individual answers below — only aggregated totals across all respondents.

72 responses 25% not yet using AI for programming 9 languages represented

Which languages people use with AI

Counted across every language a respondent selected, not just their top pick.

RPG Free
44
CL
37
RPG IV
33
SQL
25
Python
14
COBOL
12
Node.js
8
JavaScript / TypeScript
6
PHP
6

Which AI agents people actually use for coding

Same method — every tool a respondent selected counts, not just their favorite.

Claude
23
IBM Bob
22
GitHub Copilot
13
VS Code AI
9
Cline
2
Cursor
2

Where people are with AI coding today

Based on the 59 respondents who answered this question.

No problem with AI
31%
AI is expensive, runs out of tokens
29%
No AI for coding
22%
Needs own AI model
7%
Other
7%
Needs own AI infrastructure
5%

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