r/SoftwareEngineering
171k members
r/SoftwareEngineering is a subreddit with 171k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses software, struggling, engineering, job, and ai, and they frequently recommend/review ui framework, backend framework, and ergonomic keyboard.
Popular Themes in r/SoftwareEngineering
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Why nobody is talking about how workplaces are getting toxic"
3 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I'm going insane on how to rigorously structure my monorepo (backend + frontend)"
2 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Help with project idea"
2 posts
#4
Advice Requests
: "Title: How should I manage my ₹1.05L/month salary as a fresher SDE living in chennai ?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/SoftwareEngineering
#1
Software
23 posts
#2
Struggling
8 posts
#3
Engineering
: "Introducing Agentic Software Engineering (ASE): Toolkit for fusing Agentic AI Coding and Software Engineering"
6 posts
#4
Job
6 posts
#5
Ai
: "EN 50716 lists Ai as "Not Recommended" for rAilway safety"
6 posts
#6
Git
: "GitHub Stacked PRs"
3 posts
#7
Worst
3 posts
#8
Career
2 posts
#9
Backend
: "I'm going insane on how to rigorously structure my monorepo (Backend + frontend)"
2 posts
#10
Docs
: "Documentation Drift Spurs New Push to Tie Docs to Code"
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/SoftwareEngineering
Ui Framework
5 reviews
#1
WPF
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
ASP.NET
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
PySide
4.0★ from 1 review
Backend Framework
1 review
#1
Spring Boot
4.0★ from 1 review
Ergonomic Keyboard
1 review
Member Growth in r/SoftwareEngineering
Yearly
+23k members(15.6%)
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Last updated: July 9, 2026