r/AskProgramming is a subreddit with 231k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for a tool, looking for a way, struggling, programming, and development, and they frequently recommend/review python ide, programming languages, and coding language.
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Popular Themes in r/AskProgramming
#1
Advice Requests
: "What's one programming concept that completely changed the way you write code?"
16 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Need suggestions on Making Project"
4 posts
#3
Ideas
: "project ideas for portfolio"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskProgramming
#1
Looking For A Tool
60 posts
#2
Looking For A Way
47 posts
#3
Struggling
24 posts
#4
Programming
21 posts
#5
Development
: "Game Development question regarding overlapping hurtboxes"
7 posts
#6
Coding
6 posts
#7
Python
6 posts
#8
Looking For A Specific
4 posts
#9
Looking For A Job
4 posts
#10
Question
: "A Question for senior full stack software developers"
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/AskProgramming
Python Ide
43 reviews
#1
JetBrains
4.5★ from 27 reviews
#2
Microsoft
4.2★ from 10 reviews
#3
PyDroid 3
4.0★ from 1 review
Programming Languages
18 reviews
#1
C#
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Other Languages
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Pharo Smalltalk
2.0★ from 1 review
Coding Language
17 reviews
#1
Python
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
Twine
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Go
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/AskProgramming
#1
Other
: "How much of the software stack we’re all using every day is still running on decades-old Delphi code?"
18 posts
#2
Career/Edu
: "What's one programming concept that completely changed the way you write code?"
17 posts
#3
Python
: "Are huge codebases with layers of dependencies just the new normal?"
5 posts
#4
Architecture
: "In semver, do you draw a line as to which CI / dependency changes get a patch bump, versus which ones do not?"
5 posts
#5
C/C++
: "question about multi-platform project's testing"
3 posts
#6
Java
: "Any recommended books/resources for web engineering?"
3 posts
#7
Algorithms
: "Beginner question on Cryptographic Collision"
3 posts
#8
Databases
: "Are these books enough to learn databases?"
2 posts
#9
Javascript
: "Front end career"
2 posts
#10
HTML/CSS
: "HTML DB/ Security"
1 post
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Last updated: August 11, 2026