Thank you all for your valuable feedback! We have implemented changes that make sense while preserving year-over-year continuity. The survey will go live this Friday, and we will post it to the devlist.
Thank you all again! On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM Niko Oliveira <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for putting this together, Briana! > > I left a few comments on the doc :) > > Cheers, > Niko > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 6:00 AM Michael Mabin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > >
