[3/3] The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 Survey (Filed under DevEx)

[3/3] The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 Survey (Rubric #DevEx)

If you finalize the analysis of this report Gergeli (beginning 1 and 2)The following key trends are visible

1Tools with artificial intelligence from the category of experiment moved to the category of everyday – the vast majority of developers now use AI assistants. This means that the productivity of engineers will increasingly depend on the integration of AI into their workflows, and companies must consider this trend when choosing tools. 2The technology stack continues to unify around the best solutions: TypeScript and React have become the de facto web development standard, Kubernetes the deployment standard, GitHub the code hosting standard, etc. Popular languages and frameworks have reached such maturity that developers are generally satisfied with them and do not feel the urgent need to urgently look for a replacement for them. 3The positions of major ecosystem players remain strong. So, Microsoft controls a significant part of the developer tools (4 from 15 The most common, including VS Code, GitHub and Azure DevOps)Amazon – cloud infrastructure, Atlassian – project management, etc. For the industry, this means the stability of the underlying tools and continued investment by the market giants.

At the same time, the survey also revealed stress points that can be seen as niches for innovation. Developers are clearly frustrated with “heavyweight” corporate solutions – a vivid example of JIRA, which is forced to use everywhere, but called the worst tool. The demand for more productive, faster and more convenient tools is evident, as evidenced by the success of the competitor Linear and other lightweight analogues. When two systems (JIRA and Linear) span 75As a percentage of all team planning processes, the market is effectively monopolized by a couple of players – and at the same time, there is an opportunity for new products that can crowd out established but unloved solutions.

A similar situation develops in other categories: for example, the emergence of specialized start-ups in the field of oncall, ficheflags, observability suggests that existing large products do not satisfy everyone. Many companies continue to build critical in-house tools, and this is a signal to vendors of untapped needs. On the other hand, such a rich and diverse tool landscape is a boon for engineers, but also a challenge for technology leaders.

In 2025 During the year, teams are faced with the task of correctly integrating many tools: from AI assistants to cloud services, from monitoring to experimental platforms. Those companies that are able to choose the optimal set of technologies and processes, get a competitive advantage in the efficiency of development and speed of product delivery to the market.

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