If you told me two years ago that the average developer would be switching between four different AI coding assistants every day, I would've laughed. But here we are in May 2026, and according to the latest Pragmatic Engineer survey of 900+ developers, 70% of us are using between two and four AI tools simultaneously . Another 15% use five or more. That's not a workflow. That's a circus. And honestly? I kind of love it. Claude Code Came Out of Nowhere The biggest surprise in the data is Claude Code. Released in May 2025, it went from "interesting new tool" to the most used AI coding tool in the industry in just eight months. It overtook GitHub Copilot. It overtook Cursor. At smaller companies, 75% of developers are using it. Think about that for a second. GitHub Copilot had a massive head start, Microsoft's distribution engine behind it, and enterprise deals locked in across thousands of companies. Claude Code showed up with a terminal and a dream and just... won. The developer love is real too.…