7000+ dev developers shared their thoughts about AI in the recent State of Web Dev AI survey.. Tagged with ai, javascript, news, webdev.

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Results from the State of Web Dev AI 2026 survey reveal that AI-generated code has jumped from 28% to 54% year-over-year, with the segment of developers using AI for nearly all their code now the largest group. Claude Code emerges as the most-loved coding assistant and tops the charts for paid tools, surpassing OpenAI in developer mindshare. Despite widespread AI adoption, developers remain concerned about job security, military use of AI, and environmental impact — suggesting enthusiasm for productivity gains coexists with significant anxiety about broader consequences.

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I read that the public sentiment on AI is still on a nosedive. This is more apparent on new college graduates. Let’s see how they handle it these coming years.

54% is the headline. The deeper number is &quot;54% of code now depends on3 companies whose pricing, alignment, and availability you don’t control.&quot;That’s not productivity — it’s infrastructure rental we don’t have words for yet.The Claude Code win shows developers will reward tools that respecttheir intelligence. The next gap is tools that respect their sovereignty.

Throughout this year I’ve always changed my mind once a month, May is the month of: “We still have to wait for AI to replace us.”
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