Adam & Jerod (plus zero other randos) dig into Stack Overflow's 2025 developer survey results. We discuss SO's decline, the desire for younger devs to have real chats with real people, the rise of uv and more Python winning, why people are frustrated with AI, and more. :link: https://changelog.am/104
Ch | Start | Title | Runs |
---|---|---|---|
01 | 00:00 | Let's talk! | 00:38 |
02 | 00:38 | Sponsor: Auth0 | 01:29 |
03 | 02:06 | 50k & Friends | 03:30 |
04 | 05:36 | Our SO experience | 02:53 |
05 | 08:30 | The decline of SO | 03:38 |
06 | 12:08 | SO on SO usage | 05:03 |
07 | 17:10 | YouTube talk | 02:55 |
08 | 20:05 | Chat (with people) | 04:13 |
09 | 24:19 | Remembering Mahalo | 01:43 |
10 | 26:02 | Diffing generations | 04:33 |
11 | 30:35 | Learning platforms | 03:07 |
12 | 33:41 | Chapters FTW! | 04:00 |
13 | 37:41 | Denver shout outs! | 02:42 |
14 | 40:23 | Sponsor: Depot | 02:20 |
15 | 42:43 | Let's talk Python | 03:39 |
16 | 46:22 | Desired vs Admired | 01:28 |
17 | 47:50 | Prog langs compared | 02:55 |
18 | 50:45 | Web frameworks compared | 01:13 |
19 | 51:58 | Figma MCP fail | 05:33 |
20 | 57:31 | Almost right is wrong | 02:23 |
21 | 59:53 | Back to earth (for now) | 01:49 |
22 | 1:01:42 | Green vs brown designs | 01:54 |
23 | 1:03:36 | Frontenders survive (for now) | 03:38 |
24 | 1:07:15 | The car rental analogy | 04:59 |
25 | 1:12:14 | Vibe coding not a thing | 02:47 |
26 | 1:15:01 | The hype is there | 02:46 |
27 | 1:17:47 | Notepad++ | 01:38 |
28 | 1:19:25 | The IDE downtrend | 02:39 |
29 | 1:22:04 | Bye, friends | 00:31 |
30 | 1:22:35 | Closing thoughts | 01:11 |
Can confirm, uv is really nice. It “just works” for all my python needs
Yep. I live in fear of Astral deciding to monetize it in some kind of way that will make me sad I chose it. But we've been through Setuptools, Poetry, Pipx, and UV is the universal favorite on the team. We're bringing everything into alignment on that.
Last updated: Aug 18 2025 at 01:38 UTC