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Pragmatic Engineer Survey: Claude Code #1 Among 906 Engineers.

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46% prefer Claude Code vs 19% Cursor vs 9% GitHub Copilot. Agent adoption at 55% of respondents (63.5% among staff+). Enterprise procurement drives Copilot at large companies; startups show 75% Claude Code adoption. 70% use 2–4 tools simultaneously. Pragmatic Engineer

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