r/SoftwareEngineering
174k members
r/SoftwareEngineering is a subreddit with 174k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses frustrating, code, api, distributed, and worst, and they frequently recommend/review ui framework, backend framework, and ergonomic keyboard.
Popular Themes in r/SoftwareEngineering
#1
Advice Requests
: "Advice needed for CS Final Year Project (FYP)"
4 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How would some go about vetting and finding a software engineer"
3 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I made a free crm for tennis businesses"
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Software price"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/SoftwareEngineering
#1
Frustrating
3 posts
#2
Code
: "How much do you actually trust Claude Code / Codex / Cursor when they say a feature is done?"
3 posts
#3
Api
2 posts
#4
Distributed
: "true or false: PACELC says a Distributed system still trades latency against consistency even when there is no partition"
2 posts
#5
Worst
1 post
#6
Software Engineering
: "What Software Engineering skills should a Flutter developer build beyond mobile development?"
1 post
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
+19k members(12.0%)
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Last updated: September 23, 2026