Today is1024 Programmer's Day, K-jie observed a set of data and an event, and shares them with everyone. Happy holiday to all!
01. Industry Turning Point
Stack Overflow The 2025 Developer Survey released shows that,about 84% of developers are already using or planning to use AI tools。
On one hand, many basic repetitive tasks are being replaced by AI. On the other hand, the rise of AI is also bringing a continuous stream of fresh blood to the industry.Vibe Coding became a hot term this year.
In the past few years, the tech industry has experienced significant growth and also ushered in the "democratization" of development.
More and more professionals are starting to learn programming, or exploring new roles beyond traditional developer positions, such as designers, analysts, engineers, and so on.
According to statistics from SlashData in early 2025, the total number of developers worldwide has exceeded 47 million;
And in this month's JetBrains annual report released, the number of professional developers worldwide reached about 20.8 million.
02. AI Coding Tool Innovation
This year,AI coding toolsblossomed across the board, and the development process was completely rewritten.
VS Code remains mainstream, with a usage rate as high as 76%. But now, it is no longer just a simple editor. With the support of various smart plugins and large models, developers no longer need to type code character by character, but collaborate with AI to complete the development process.
At the same time, a new generation of AI IDEs is rising.
Cursor、Windsurf AI IDEs like this can already understand project structures and user intent. They can automatically generate module code, complete interfaces, and even proactively suggest optimizations when you modify code.
AI is no longer just a tool for writing code, but a partner that can fight alongside us.
According to Grand View Research report,the market size of AI coding tools was about 4.86 billion USD in 2023, and is expected to reach 26 billion by 2030。
The rapid growth of market size also means AI coding is moving toward the mainstream.
03. Language and Model Evolution
The underlying ecosystem of the programming world is also changing rapidly.
The State of Developer Ecosystem report released by JetBrains in Q1 2025 shows that the most widely used languages by developers worldwide are, in order, JavaScript。
But in the field of machine learning/artificial intelligence, Python, with its mature ecosystem and powerful scientific computing libraries, has become the most core language in AI research and engineering practice, with a usage rate as high as 75.3%.
The capabilities of underlying models are also evolving rapidly.
In 2024, mainstream models like Gemini 1.0 Pro and GPT-4-Turbo could only complete relatively simple tasks such as function completion and code generation.
By 2025,Claude 3.5 Sonnet achieved 49% on the SWE-bench Verified benchmark, which is closer to real engineering, and AI can already automatically locate and fix real bugs in open-source repositories.
At the end of last month,China's Zhipu released its latest coding model GLM-4.6, surpassing Claude Sonnet 4 in multiple practical tasks and becoming one of the strongest coding models in China.
04. Some Sharing
Although AI coding still has a lot of room for development, the trend is already irreversible.
On Programmer's Day, I look back at the code I have written this year.
A liberal arts student who can't even tell functions apart, yet managed to build several working projects with AI.
I want to say—
AI hasn't flattened the barrier, it has just rewritten it.
Only those who don't know how to use it will be left behind by the times.
Finally, here's a perk for friends who also use AI programming in depth.
The ⌈拼好模⌋ campaign launched by Zhipu today:
Team up together GLM-4.6, and enjoy the top-tier programming model GLM-4.6 at the lowest price!
1️⃣ Long-press to recognize the poster 🐎 to enter the campaign page / visit BigModel official website to join the campaign and get 10% off immediately
2️⃣ Invite friends to make their first purchase, and you can also get 40% cashback. The more you team up, the more cashback you get.
3️⃣ 1/7 of the price, triple the usage (it is recommended to avoid using it during the afternoon peak hours)
4️⃣ Available on all platforms
5️⃣ The campaign ends on October 31
This campaign is really generous—rarely seen! Taking advantage of Programmer's Day, let's team up and place orders together!
Save a bit for yourself, and bring others along and you can still earn cashback. So good.
Original link:84% of programmers can no longer do without AI programming tools