Hi Briana, Thanks for putting this together. A few answer-choice suggestions:
- Add “About the same” to the question about expected use in external or revenue-generating solutions. - Make numeric ranges non-overlapping: production instances (“11–20”/“20+”), maximum DAG tasks (“1,001–2,500”/“2,500+”), and people working with data or Airflow (“101–500”/“500+”). - Add “Multi-cloud/hybrid” and “Not applicable” to the primary cloud-provider choices. - Add Go and Java to the non-Python language choices, and correct “C+/C++” to “C/C++.” - Consider neutral/uncertain choices for the career-impact question; the current answers require a strongly positive or negative position. I’m also supportive of Astronomer sponsoring the survey and certifications, provided the survey remains vendor-neutral and the raw results are published as proposed. Best, Michael On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:52:30 -0700, Briana Steel via dev [email protected] wrote: Hey All, It’s that time of year again! The draft of the 2026 Airflow Survey is ready for review. Here is the draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NHn-tLoPYSPkPkNHAD1Bixjgvre6zUHBRAEZoaBEBg0/edit?usp=sharing Before leaving feedback, please note: - Please only leave comments. Do not resolve comments or make changes directly to the draft. - The most valuable feedback is on the answers, not the questions. Our goal is to keep answers aligned with the current state of the project. - This survey is quite long and we are asking many community members to complete it. If we add a question, we must remove another, so please consider this before suggesting changes. - Changing or removing questions makes it harder to compare data year over year which can affect the overall analysis. - Please get your comments in by Friday, August 21st, so we can launch the survey by September 28th in time for Airflow Summit. Here are last year’s results for reference: https://airflow.apache.org/blog/airflow-survey-2025/ Astronomer is offering to sponsor this year’s survey, which includes building the infographic and providing 2 free certification courses as an incentive for community members to complete it. All raw results will be posted as well. If folks agree, please let us know here. Or if that requires further discussion, I can open up another thread. Best, Briana Steel
