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Issue 289: We asked, you answered

It's that time of year again: the results of our 2025 Developer Survey are live. If you were taking bets with your friends on what the top programming languages would be this year, it's time to go see if you're a winner. Or, if you're more of an auditory learner, we spoke with Erin Yepis, our Senior Analyst, about all the juiciest bits from this year's results. XX

Got your winnings in hand? Good, because we've got more for you. Mahir Yavuz, Senior Director of Engineering at Etsy, joined the podcast to talk the unique challenges of their marketplace. On Leaders of Code, Anirudh Kaul and Paul Petersen from U.S. Bank sat down with our very own Jody Bailey to dive into how traditional institutions like banks are navigating this new world of AI technology. And on the blog, we've got a story on imposter syndrome and AI usage, just in case those big bucks you just won from your bet is making that flare up for you. XX

And of course, we've got plenty of tales, oddities, and answers from around the internet. Have you seen the video of someone saving a PNG image to a bird, or the story on creating digital fireflies at home? Elsewhere, there's a windy saga of a person who feared he was automating himself out of a job, but was eventually promoted to CTO. He should probably talk about job security with the author of one of our other links, who got hired by a company after he was unable to submit a PR just so he could fix it himself. Check them all out below.

From the blog

Diving into the results of the 2025 Developer Survey

Ryan and Eira welcome Erin Yepis, Senior Analyst at Stack Overflow, to the show to discuss the newly released 2025 Developer Survey results. They explore the decline in trust in AI tools, shifts in popular programming technologies, and the patterns Erin saw in salary growth among developers.

Do AI coding tools help with imposter syndrome or make it worse?

Spoiler: Yes.

The innovation, leadership, and team agility inside U.S. Bank’s cloud journey

In this episode of Leaders of Code, Jody Bailey, Stack Overflow’s CTPO, Anirudh Kaul, Senior Director of Software Engineering, and Paul Petersen, Cloud Platform Engineering Manager, discuss the U.S. Bank’s journey from traditional banking practices to embracing new technologies.

That custom gift for your mom takes more work than you think

Ryan welcomes Mahir Yavuz, Senior Director of Engineering at Etsy, to the show to explore the unique challenges that Etsy’s marketplace faces and how Etsy’s teams leverage machine learning and AI to manage product SKUs, enrich inventory metadata, and improve both buyer and seller experiences.

Developers remain willing but reluctant to use AI: The 2025 Developer Survey results are here

No need to bury the lede: more developers are using AI tools, but their trust in those tools is falling.

Interesting questions

What were WW2 electronics wires made of?

If it's shiny, it's probably plastic, even in the 1930s.

Why did many arcade games have separate sound CPUs?

"While it increased hardware cost a little bit, it decreased development cost a lot."

How does code reuse work at NASA

Did they think they wrote every line of rover code from scratch for every rover?

I'm about to automate myself out of a job. How do I approach my boss to discuss this?

It may surprise you to know that this post is from eight years ago, and not from a person working at an AI company in 2025.

Links from around the web

I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

Epitome of "fine, I guess I'll just do it myself."

Learning basic electronics by building fireflies

You would not believe your eyes, if ten million fireflies, were built while breathing in potentially dangerous solder smoke.

Tech CEOs don't seem to realise just how anti-human their AI fanaticism is, and I think it's all because of the Enlightenment

Tech CEOs and their love for AI have us pondering age old philosophical debates.

I saved a PNG image to a bird

Turns out you can send a digital image by carrier pigeon.

Looking for the tools, technologies, and skills your team needs to evolve in the AI era? Stack Overflow's Industry Guide to AI has your answers.