JetBrains Survey of 18K Go Devs: 86% Use CLI Coding Agents Weekly
rseroter · x · 2026-11-11
JetBrains' 2026 Developer Ecosystem survey (28,945 respondents, 1,836 Go-primary) published its annual Go report:
- Profile: Go devs are among the most experienced — 66% have 6+ years of professional coding vs 49% overall
- Web: stdlib net/http usage hit 46% (from 32%), catching up with Gin; full-stack use grew from 30% to 40%
- AI: 86% use AI coding agents in the CLI weekly (vs 74% all respondents); 79% often or always review AI-generated code before accepting
- Language: biggest changes since generics — generic methods, encoding/json/v2, and the Green Tea garbage collector
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