r/AskComputerScience is a subreddit with 153k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, struggling, computer science, programming, and cs, and they frequently recommend/review textbook, learning resources, and math books.
Ask Computer Science Questions And Get Answers! This subreddit is intended for questions about topics that might be taught by a computer science department at a university.
Popular Themes in r/AskComputerScience
#1
Advice Requests
: "How do computer parts interact together despite their different speeds?"
23 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Help me figure out a weird integer storage thing?"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Does anyone else find how using Ai to "detect" if a paper was written by Ai is fundemetely flawed?"
1 post
#4
News
: "Who owns the World Wide Web?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskComputerScience
#1
Looking For
51 posts
#2
Struggling
42 posts
#3
Computer Science
: "Computer Science Engineers from the 90s and Early 2000s: What Was It Like?"
26 posts
#4
Programming
: "Are there tasks that can only be carried in one Programming language and not in others?"
22 posts
#5
Cs
: "Will a LinguistiCs PhD Make Me More Marketable in Cs?"
21 posts
#6
Understand
13 posts
#7
Ai
: "Does anyone else find how using Ai to "detect" if a paper was written by Ai is fundemetely flawed?"
11 posts
#8
Algorithm
: "What if every comparison based sorting Algorithm with the property O(n log n) were never discovered?"
10 posts
#9
Book
9 posts
#10
Learning
: "Where to start Learning about tech as a PCMB major and having no tech background/skills/experience whatsoever"
9 posts
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Textbook
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Learning Resources
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#1
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Math Books
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A Beginner's Guide to Discrete Mathematics
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Last updated: June 30, 2026