The report is hard to trust because you don't say how many people are using or even aware of the specific technologies in the charts. Can you release that information? For example, what % are aware of NVIDIA Triton and what % are actually using it?

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Once they release the raw data, we'll know if there was any impact due to the drop in sample size. At first glance, most of the demographics (except a drop in students) are the same.

but the its "Admired" numbers dropped. Only 56% of devs that have used it in the last year want to use it in the upcoming year. That is down from 68% in 2024.

yes, but less admired than in previous years

and here is a conclusion I cut from the article:

52% of developers agree that AI tools and/or AI agents have changed the way they complete their development work.
Corporate policy is not a big inhibitor.

1) I agree with your statement.
2) I think the GitHub purchasing decision is independent of being a Microsoft-first shop.

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For the charts that show # of responses, is that the same thing as # of respondents? OR is it the number of companies/tools that were cited?

75% of the survey said they have AI policies about what is allowed. Beyond that, monitoring AI for misuse/accuracy/drift and project risk evaluation are the most common AI governance efforts.

2 relevant findings:

33% said AI is responsible for an increase in tech headcount in 2025, vs 12% saying it is causing a decline, per a @linuxfoundation.org survey

In a @leaddev.com study, 36% of participants said their organization’s IT headcount is increasing (36%) vs 30% citing a decline