Data sources
Where every number comes from, grouped by signal.
Jobs
Do we still need people to write software?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Bureau of Labor Statistics | People employed as software developers in the US | Background only | May 2025 |
| Federal funds rate | Federal funds effective rate, monthly | Headline number | 2026-09 |
| Indeed Hiring Lab | Software development job postings by country | Headline number | Oct 23, 2026 |
| New York Fed recent graduates data | Unemployment among recent graduates, by major | Headline number | 2026 release |
Code activity
Are people still building?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Innovation Graph | Git pushes, developers and repositories by quarter | Headline number | 2026 Q2 |
| npm | Total monthly package downloads | Background only | 2026-09 |
Revenue
Is the money still growing?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC EDGAR | Reported annual revenue of 10 public software companies | Headline number | 2025 |
Prices
Is software getting cheaper?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLS producer price index | Prices software publishers receive in the US | Headline number | 2026-09 |
Security
Are we still getting pwned?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities | Vulnerabilities confirmed as exploited in the wild | Headline number | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Exploit-DB | Public exploits published | Background only | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Have I Been Pwned | Verified data breaches and accounts exposed | Background only | Oct 27, 2026 |
| OSV | npm and PyPI advisories, including malicious packages | Background only | Nov 1, 2026 |
| pwn.watch | Security incidents, breaches and supply chain attacks | Background only | Nov 1, 2026 |
Major service outages
Do major software services stay up?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitbucket Status | Incidents reported by Bitbucket | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Claude Status | Incidents reported by Claude | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| DigitalOcean Status | Incidents reported by DigitalOcean | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Discord Status | Incidents reported by Discord | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Dropbox Status | Incidents reported by Dropbox | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| GitHub Status | Incidents reported by GitHub | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Linode Status | Incidents reported by Linode | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| MongoDB Cloud Status | Incidents reported by MongoDB Cloud | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Netlify Status | Incidents reported by Netlify | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Render Status | Incidents reported by Render | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Sentry Status | Incidents reported by Sentry | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Zoom Status | Incidents reported by Zoom | Headline number | 2026-10 |
Bugs
Does software still break?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Vulnerability Database | Every published CVE | Headline number | Nov 1, 2026 |
Developer sentiment
Do developers think software is solved?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky | Stance in a sample of public posts | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Hacker News | Stance in sampled comments, job posts and topic mentions | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Stack Overflow Developer Survey | Developer views on AI tools, 2025 | Background only | 2025 survey |
Agent tools
Are people still building tools for AI models?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub MCP repositories | New public repositories tagged mcp-server, by month | Headline number | 2026-10 |
| Official MCP Registry | Servers published to the registry, by first publish month | Background only | 2026-09 |
AI company hiring
Are the companies building AI still hiring engineers?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI company job boards | Open software engineering roles at 11 AI companies | Headline number | Nov 1, 2026 |
AI token prices
Is AI getting cheaper to use?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiteLLM model prices | Listed prices for AI models over time | Headline number | 2026-11 |
| OpenCode Data | Average AI usage cost per session, quoted by hand | Background only | Nov 1, 2026 |
Product launches
Are people still launching new software?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uneed | Products launched per month | Headline number | 2026-10 |
AI coding benchmarks
Can AI models do real engineering tasks?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | Model scores on coding benchmarks | Headline number | 2026-04 |
| METR Time Horizons | Length of task a model completes half the time | Background only | 2026-10 |
AI pull requests
Are coding agents shipping code in public?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub pull request search | Public pull requests by coding agent, by month | Headline number | 2026-10 |
No-code revenue
Are people paying for tools that avoid writing code?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC filings for Wix and Shopify | Annual revenue of Wix and Shopify | Headline number | 2025 |
Stack Overflow questions
Do developers still ask other people?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stack Exchange API | Questions asked on Stack Overflow per month | Headline number | 2026-10 |
Output per tech worker
Are fewer people producing more?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEA and BLS information sector data | US information sector real output and employment | Headline number | Q2 2026 |
AI token usage
Is AI use still growing?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | Tokens used per AI model, by month | Headline number | 2026-10 |
Programming share of AI
How much AI use is coding?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter programming and app data | Programming tokens and tokens by coding app | Headline number | 2026-10 |
Business software spending
Are businesses still paying for software?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEA software investment | US real private fixed investment in software | Headline number | Q3 2026 |
Information sector openings
Is the wider tech and media sector hiring?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLS job openings and hires | US information sector openings, hires and layoffs | Headline number | 2026-08 |
New tech businesses
Are more tech businesses starting?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Census Business Formation Statistics | New US business applications in the information sector | Headline number | 2026-09 |
What AI models say
Do AI models think software is solved?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our survey of AI models | Scores from AI models asked the same question | Headline number | Nov 1, 2026 |
Software outsourcing revenue
Are companies still paying others to build software?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC filings for outsourcing companies | Annual revenue and employees at five public outsourcing companies | Headline number | 2025 |
AI-built sites
Are people putting sites built with AI on the web?
| Source | Measures | Role | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTTP Archive | Sites built on AI builders, and each website platform's share of crawled sites | Headline number | 2026-09 |