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JetBrains AI Pulse Survey: 90% of Developers Use AI at Work, Claude Code and Cursor Tied at 18%, Performance Now Outweighs Ecosystem Lock-In
JetBrains' January 2026 survey of 10,000+ professional developers across 8 languages found 90% regularly use at least one AI tool at work and 74% use specialized coding tools (not just chatbots). Claude Code and Cursor share second place at 18% each behind Copilot's 29%. OpenAI Codex sits at only 3% adoption despite 27% awareness. The clear finding: product excellence now outweighs ecosystem lock-in — standalone tools that offer clear superiority render integrated stacks obsolete.
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